Select the correct texts in the passage. Which two words help find the meaning of the word antiquated in the passage? Jared had
been tinkering with the old-fashioned record player he found in the junk pile for some time but could not get it to work. The parts he needed to fix it were either obsolete or unavailable or pricy. It would have been cool to get it working, but it was too antiquated.
In the passage, the word antiquated has been similar to junk and old-fashioned.
The passage has been about the record player found by Jared. While working in the pile, Jared had found an old record player that has been destroyed.
To repair the player, he tries to find the unavailable and missing parts. The parts missing made it unable to work the record player. He found it a cool fashion statement for playing record players, however, he has been unable to do that.
The word antiquated has been used for the old, outdated items. In the passage, the word that has been synonym to antiquated has been junk and old-fashioned.
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In February 1942, Roosevelt signed United States Executive Order 9066, requiring all Japanese Americans to submit themselves for internment. Propaganda made repeated use of the attack, because its effect was enormous and impossible to counter. "Remember Pearl Harbor!" became the watchwords of the war.
