Craft and StructureVery hardWord for a decline caused by neglect
Craft and Structure practice question
The garden's ____ was slow and unremarked: a hedge unclipped one year, a path lost under moss the next, until nothing of the design could be seen.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dilapidationCorrect
- B. expansion
- C. restoration
- D. popularity
Answer: A. dilapidation
Neglect, year by year.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. expansion
- It shrank into moss, not grew.
- C. restoration
- The opposite of decline.
- D. popularity
- Not about visitors.
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