ISEE Analogies Question 182: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 182
2. When outbreaks of the disease pellagra spread throughout the American South in the early 1900s, doctors mistakenly ------ blame to a germ or toxin; by the 1920s, doctors understood the condition was caused by a deficiency of Vitamin A.
- A. ascribed
- B. catered
- C. cleared
- D. provoked
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
The answer is A
Doctors mistakenly understood requires ascribed (referred to as) as the answer.
Even if you do not know the word ascribed, you can eliminate choices (B), (C), and (D), because the correct answer relates to what a doctor mistakenly understood.