In the Caravaggio item, ETS rejects 'notoriety' for blank (i) on the grounds that
Anotoriety is too rare a word to appear on the GRE.
Bnotoriety always carries a positive moral overtone in English prose.
Cnotoriety is a synonym of tumultuous and would duplicate blank (ii).
Dan increase in notoriety is not as clear a sign of artistic success.
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. an increase in notoriety is not as clear a sign of artistic success.
ETS's published explanation: Caravaggio might indeed have grown in notoriety, but an increase in notoriety is 'not as clear a sign of success' as an increase in eminence. The sentence's logic demands a word that follows directly from 'success', so eminence wins. Notoriety carries a negative tilt, the opposite of choice B's claim.
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