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Craft and Structure practice question
The engineer's warning that the dam was unsafe was ____ by the inspection: cracks were found exactly where she had predicted.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. vindicatedCorrect
- B. overturned
- C. ignored
- D. softened
Answer: A. vindicated
The cracks proved her right.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. overturned
- Overturned would mean proved wrong.
- C. ignored
- The inspection acted on the warning.
- D. softened
- The evidence strengthened, not softened, the warning.
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