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?
- A. fleetingCorrect
- B. enduring
- C. modest
- 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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