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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?

  1. A. vindicatedCorrect
  2. B. overturned
  3. C. ignored
  4. 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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