PP1 (Shorter) Verbal Section 1 (Medium) Q7

<p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Pairing Up</span></span></p> <p>First things first. We use the <strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Pairing Strategy</span></strong> to identify any synonym pairs among the six answer choices. There are usually two, sometimes one, sometimes three. We call the &quot;triple pair&quot; the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Sxxibos-I" target="_blank">Great White Buffalo</a>.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Pair 1</strong>:&nbsp;comprehensive/inclusive</li> <li><strong>Pair 2</strong>: universal/ubiquitous</li> <li><strong>Maybe Pair:&nbsp;</strong>fundamental/significant&nbsp; <ul> <li>They&#39;re not REALLY a pair but they can both mean &quot;important.&quot;</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#27ae60;">The Right Answer</span></span></p> <p>Use <strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Math Strategy</span></strong> here. The phrases &quot;and&quot; and &quot;almost as&quot; indicate that the two ideas support each other. The first states that RNA is &quot;common to all living beings.&quot; To maintain that idea, we guess a word like &quot;common&quot; or &quot;widespread&quot; for the blank.</p> <p>The best match for this guess is the pair <span style="color:#27ae60;">universal/ubiquitous</span>.</p> <p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#e74c3c;">The Wrong Answers</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">comprehensive/inclusive</span>: We have <strong>no evidence</strong> whether RNA or DNA includes anything.</li> <li><span style="color:#e74c3c;">fundamental/significant</span>: Setting aside the fact these two are not REALLY a pair, we have <strong>no evidence</strong> that RNA and DNA are important. I mean clearly they are. But the sentence does not explicitly mention their importance.</li> </ul>