|Question 23Verbal

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In a 2022 analysis, researchers investigated how negative adjectives like "ashamed" evolve.        the researchers applied a statistical model to a set of words to infer the rate of cognate replacement-the rate at which a word will be replaced over time with a noncognate form-in Indo-European languages.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Specifically,
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Therefore,
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Thus,
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Granted,
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