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Craft and StructureHardWord for wealth that came suddenly

Craft and Structure practice question

The village's ____ prosperity, which arrived with the railway and left with it forty years later, is recorded in a single street of grand houses.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. fleetingCorrect
  2. B. enduring
  3. C. modest
  4. D. gradual

Answer: A. fleeting

Came and went with the railway.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. enduring
Enduring contradicts 'left with it'.
C. modest
Grand houses are not modest.
D. gradual
It arrived with the railway, not gradually.

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