Craft and StructureVery hardWord for calming a conflict
Craft and Structure practice question
The new manager ____ the department's old rivalries by making the two teams share an office and a budget.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. defusedCorrect
- B. inflamed
- C. ignored
- D. commemorated
Answer: A. defused
Sharing removed the grounds for rivalry.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. inflamed
- Sharing is meant to calm, not provoke.
- C. ignored
- The manager acted.
- D. commemorated
- Rivalries are not celebrated.
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