When asked which assumptions "underlies" what does

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I just got a CR question in the PR verbal bin 2 and I don't know what they're asking when they ask.

Which of the following assumption underlies the argument in the passage?

What does underlies mean in this context?

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by Nycgrl » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:07 pm
Underlies means the assumption on which argument is based