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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?

  1. A. prescientCorrect
  2. B. exaggerated
  3. C. irrelevant
  4. 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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