Craft and StructureVery hardWord for evidence that supports a claim indirectly
Craft and Structure practice question
No document records the meeting, but the ____ evidence is strong: both men were in the city that week, and each wrote to a friend the next day about a 'long conversation'.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. circumstantialCorrect
- B. conclusive
- C. forged
- D. documentary
Answer: A. circumstantial
Surrounding facts, no record.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. conclusive
- The text says no document records it; the case is strong but indirect.
- C. forged
- Nothing is forged.
- D. documentary
- Documentary evidence is exactly what is missing.
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