the reason the answer has to be 'charlatan'....

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<p>this answer was BAFFLED.</p>

<p>it could not have been sardonic, since that is too siimilar to condescending, which was also an answer choice.</p>

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<p>No offense, but if you put baffled/oracle, you totally missed the author's sarcasm.</p>

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<p>how can it be sardonic? Sardonic is too similar to condescending, whch was also an answer choice.</p>

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<p>And the only sarcasm visible in the passage was the LAST Sentence.</p>

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<p>Condescend: 1. to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
2. to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts.
3. to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood.
4. Obsolete.
a. to yield.
b. to assent.</p>

<p>sardonic: characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.</p>

<p>there is a huge difference if you ask me.</p>

<p>It can't be baffled. the only sarcasm may only be on the last sentence, but the last sentence was the one about wallstreet, where he was clearly being sarcastic and mocking them</p>

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<p>in the context, they both mean contemptuous. </p>

<p>also, how could the OVERALL tone be sardonic when the only sarcasm came in the last sentence?</p>

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<p>to me, he was being sarcastic from the very start, from the very first time he said SOME people believe they can see the future or something like that. And the question was asking about the sentence about wallstreet no? That was the last sentence right?</p>

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<p>condescending and sardonic do not have the same meaning.</p>

<p>condescending: showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority
sardonic: characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering</p>

<p>he was mocking them. the answer was sardonic.</p>

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<p>ok, some people definitely missed the whole meaning of the passage</p>

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<p>The overall tone of the author is mocking and sardonic from the start, thereby confirming the implication of the author that these supposed "oracles" are, in fact, "charlatans." The author then goes on by saying that if these charlatans were really legitimate oracles capable of predicting the future, they should pursue a career in the stock market, in the very element they excelled in: predicting the future. Since the stock market depends on a lot of luck and chance, a "true" fortune teller would make millions, because he/she would accurately predict which stocks are profitable, and which are not.</p>

<p>Therefore, the answers should be charlatan, and sardonic.</p>

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<p>If you put charlatan for the first one, it makes the general tone seem sardonic.</p>

<p>If you didn't catch that sarcasm and put oracle, then it probably seemed like the answer could be baffled.</p>

<p>I've never come close to a 2400, but I really think it was sardonic/charlatan.</p>

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<p>agree with satpunkd</p>

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<p>it has to be sardonic/charlatan. otherwise, he wouldnt write it with such a obvious sarcastic tone.</p>

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<p>i put charlatan and sardonic as well for the same reasons as people already stated</p>

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<p>damn well if you guys are right, then i got -4 on CR.</p>

<p>Any chance of 800 with -4 on CR?</p>

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<p>ya i think so, otherwise, its a 790. let's see... i got 1 vocab one wrong and im not sure about the aunt sylvie one. what was our consensus about the evening thing? that's 2 wrong for sure, so give or take 2 to 3 more wrong. im hoping for a high 700s, to make up for my idiotic math mistakes geez i hate myself</p>

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<p>Indeed, I put charlatan.</p>

<p>I can't believe I put condescending instead of sardonic. I had a little mental lapse there...</p>

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<p>^^Yea, I did the same thing.</p>

<p>Keviniscool, I'm pretty sure the consensus on the evening question was the double meaning answer.</p>

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<p>I missed the evening question, the charlatan/oracle question, and the sardonic/baffled question.</p>

<p>I cant think of anything else right. Hopefully 800. </p>

<p>that damn psychic/wall street passage screwed me over.</p>

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<p>I missed the consummate question and evening question. I still don't know about the comparing of the 2 different "communications" in the physics one, though i think my answer is right. Im dubious about the last few questions about the photograph one too. Unless i completely filled in the answers wrong, i would say no more than 5 wrong for me</p>