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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Vocabulary-In-Context
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 3.2 Vocabulary-In-Context. In this passage, the word "daunted" most nearly means...what?


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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by high seas adventure motion sickness We

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mean high seas All right check the following passage not

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daunted by the fate of europe right ireland All right

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in this passage that weren't daunted most nearly means what

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And here potential answer heart sad news All right well

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sir walter raleigh had a brave plan to boldly go

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where no one had gone before or rather where is

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hero kinsmen had gone but hadn't fared so well but

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rollie wasn't daunted by they're not so great luck and

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soldiered on But what does daunted meet let's Look to

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the text Well it's certainly not encouraged if he was

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not encouraged by the bad news he probably wouldn't have

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kept with plans it's hard to do something when were

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discouraged and the passage isn't implying that rolly wasn't sad

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about the loss of his kinsman After all the kinsman

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was heroic and heroes like the seasonal pumpkin spice latte

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are missed when they're gone Similarly the passage isn't suggesting

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he wasn't interested in the loss of his kinsman He

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died attempting raleigh's mission so rollie would probably have some

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interest in his own fate What the text is suggesting

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is that raleigh was so committed to his mission he

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wouldn't let his kinsman Faith effective He would sally forth

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unintimidated and un discouraged making See the correct answer to

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our question Now let us sally forth undaunted and continue

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to the next question At least we know we won't 00:01:41.226 --> [endTime] get seasick Theo

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