Difficulty: Medium. Strategic Advice: Remember to read for logic, as well as grammar and usage. Getting to the Answer: This sentence inappropriately uses the contrast word. âhoweverâ; âthen,â a Connection indicating time, is the best choice here.
Alana /ala-na/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ah-LAH-nah. It is of Old German and Hawaiian origin, and the meaning of Alana is precious; awakening. A rather modern Latinate feminine form of Alan. Also possibly from the Gaelic ailin meaning little rock or possibly derived from Elaine or Helen.lana /ala-na/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ah-LAH-nah. It is of Old German and Hawaiian origin, and the meaning of Alana is precious; awakening. A rather modern Latinate feminine form of Alan. Also possibly from the Gaelic ailin meaning little rock or possibly derived from Elaine or Helen.
Oscar /os-car/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced OS-ker. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Oscar is spear of the gods. Also possibly from the Gaelic phrase os cara, meaning friend of the deer.James Macpherson used the name in his Ossianic poems. Napoleon, an admirer of those works, imposed it on his little French godson, who ascended the throne of Sweden as Oscar I (or Oskar I).lso possibly from the Gaelic phrase os cara, meaning friend of the deer. James Macpherson used the name in his Ossianic poems. Napoleon, an admirer of those works, imposed it on his little French godson, who ascended the throne of Sweden as Oscar I (or Oskar I).