Craft and StructureHardWord for advice that proved right
Craft and Structure practice question
Her warning that the river would rise turned out to be ____: by midnight the water was over the road.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. prescientCorrect
- B. exaggerated
- C. irrelevant
- D. belated
Answer: A. prescient
The warning foresaw what happened.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. exaggerated
- The water did rise.
- C. irrelevant
- It was exactly relevant.
- D. belated
- It came before the flood.
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