<p>it’s unique. “Unique” does not necessarily mean “unusual” that’s ridiculously absurd. That’s absurd to the nth degree. That’s Obama’s-healthcare-plan absurd ;)</p>
<p>Unique can easily mean
“the only one of its kind”</p>
<p>Also, archetypal does NOT mean “without precedent” specifically. Thou art spreading falsities! Obama-lying-about-his-shady-connections falsities! ;)</p>
<p>You’re close, but no cigar. [archetypal</a> - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary](<a href=“http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archetypal]archetypal”>ARCHETYPAL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster)</p>
<p>It means, “the prime example” or “the standard model.” Not what SAT people would consider the “best” choice.</p>
<p>Revive! 10char</p>
<p>I am a unique individual, but I am not archetypal because I am modeled after those people who came before me. The conflicts could be unique but they find their basis in the past.</p>
<p>This was my logic…I might just cancel my scores though :)</p>
<p>i completely agree with ChoklitRain. i feel archetypal was most appropriate. the question was like “blah blah blah was constantly changing throughout history. it would be foolish to consider the change that year ____” </p>
<p>Archetypal:</p>
<p>the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.</p>
<p>Obviously that specific year was not the “first form” or “original pattern or model” because this “change” had been taking place for years. Archetypal fits better in context.</p>
<p>Does anyone have a more accurate phrasing of the sentence? It was kind of long.</p>
<p>it was something more like:</p>
<p>the conflict between orthodox and iconoclastic views through out history has been constant; it would be incorrect to assume that this current manifestation was _______.</p>
<p>^ damn good recreation of the question. I put unique :/</p>
<p>C’mon archetypal. xD</p>
<p>i put unique because it simply fits. you don’t have to stretch any meaning to get unique to work.</p>
<p>perhaps if unique is the answer, ETS was trying to test us with the harder vocab in the actual sentence (manifestation, iconoclastic, orthodox, constant), trying to see if we understood what it was saying.</p>
<p>unique definitely fits…look at these definitions</p>
<p>unique
2 being out of the ordinary
4 noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced<—fits very well</p>
<p>Well, since it was at the end of the section, shouldn’t it be archetypal? I first put unique but that looked too easy to be the last question of the vocab part.</p>
<p>It being at the end of the sentence doesn’t change the fact that archetypal doesn’t fit right… Maybe ETS was setting up a trap for those who base their answers on where a q falls in the section.</p>
<p>how does archetypal not fit? please support your statements.</p>
<p>Well, let’s go with this tweaked version of Ace’s sentence, which is pretty damn close to the real one:</p>
<p>The conflict between orthodox and iconoclastic views has been constantly occurring throughout history; to assume that the current manifestation is _______ would be incorrect and naive.</p>
<p>One first glance, one can see that a basic word like “different” or “special” would fit. Given that these similar events have been occurring for a long time, it would be naive to assume that the current incarnation is unique.</p>
<p>I understand your logic, in that it would also be foolish to assume that today’s events are the prototype because they’re obviously not, but at the same time, you have to consider what the sentence is saying. It would be naive to assume that the current events are anything unique when compared to similar events which have been going on for awhile.</p>
<p>Archetypal can mean the perfect example of or a model after which other things are designed. Since there is nothing being designed or modeled off of today’s manifestation of conflict, no one would assume that it is archetypal.</p>