4.Although historians have long thought of Genghis Khan as a---
potentate ,new research has shown he was -----by many of his
subjects.[B]
a)tyrannical ----abhorred b) despotic ----- revered
c)redundant --- venerated d)jocular -----esteemed
e)peremptory ----- invoked
Explanation :
Here we don’t have to know that Genghis Khan was a violent
dictator to get his question right .The first word of the
sentence ,although ,implies that the two blanks have to
contrast with each other .[b] isthe best choice. Although
historians had thought that Genghis Khanwas a despotic
potentate ,new research shows that many of his subjects
nevertheless revered him. [a] tyrannic synonyms with despotic,
[a]’sabhorred ,doesn’t provide thecontrast which is predicted.
Choice [c] venerated doesn’t really contrast with redundant
and [e],it doesn’t make sense to say that Khans subjects
invoked him despite his peremptory reputation.
Despotic : dictatorial
potentate : dictator
revered : worshiped