<p>I put restrict too and I think multiply is the correct answer.</p>
<p>I choose multiply and opacity.</p>
<p>anyone remember the context of noxious and commendable …?</p>
<p>Creamania I agree with you btw I live in bkk too!</p>
<p>opacity was the one about a book being so hard to read that even smart people couldn’t read…</p>
<p>The key word of the question of opacity is obscure.</p>
<p>“diverge” means “To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out.”, according to American Heritage Dictionary. The second part of the question emphasizes the point that the number of species increases. Therefore I believe “diverge” is right.</p>
<p>but doesn’t multiply mean increasing in number as well?</p>
<p>True. But when you multiply something, you are making copies. Diverge is all about producing different things.</p>
<p>I put multiply as well. As you said, the 2nd part of the question was emphasizing the NUMBER of species. In my opinion, ‘diverge’ would be right if the 2nd part was emphasizing the diversity of the species…?</p>
<p>“number of species” itself is about diversity…</p>
<p>Wait yeah…now that I think of it it’s diverge. :/</p>
<p>But multiply could mean the same too…
And did the sentence anything about any dispersion of the population?
I personally think that indication is needed… if the answer is diverge</p>
<p>i remember the question had : “rather than merely replenishing their number”. anybody?</p>
<p>yeah, you make me remember that too. That’s why I think multiply is wrong. It basically means the same thing as “replenishing number”.</p>
<p>well doesn’t replenish means restore?
In that case multiply makes sense because the species doesn’t only RESTORE to its original number, it also INCREASES in number</p>
<p>ooh diverge must be right then</p>
<p>wait. i thought replenishing here is more like maintaining? man this whole thing is really giving me a headache</p>
<p>i’m totally with you zytcan</p>
<p>what?! I’m confused all over again…</p>