A Sentence Completion question: Professor Meursault is our star
Let’s try a sentence completion question today. Your job is simply to choose the words that best complete the intended meaning of the sentence. Tip: Be sure to read the sentence carefully, and plug all the answer choices into the blanks before you make your final choice.
Undoubtedly highly educated and widely revered as ——- in his field, Professor Meursault was never ——- in his teaching; in fact, he showed great humility in dealing with his students and did not make a show of his erudition.
(A) an authority . . pedantic
(B) a boor . . haughty
(C) a satirist . . unassuming
(D) an iconoclast . . comprehensive
(E) an anachronism . . avant-garde