| As much as she wanted to listen to both speakers, she couldn’t because the talks were ________. | |||
| a) concurrent | |||
| b) biannual | |||
| c) garrulous | |||
| d) sequential | |||
| e) independent | |||
As is often the case, the sentence completion questions are easy if you have a good vocabulary; they are very difficult if you do not. Here, the idea is that the speakers are speaking at the same time. This is a good example of the importance of knowing your Greek and Latin roots. ”Concur” literally means to “run along with.” One meaning of “concur” is “to agree, or to go along with.” “Concurrent” literally means “running together.” We most often hear this word used in connection with prison sentences—if someone is serving concurrent sentences, it means that they are serving two or more sentences at the same time. The answer is (A).
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