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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?

  1. A. dilapidationCorrect
  2. B. expansion
  3. C. restoration
  4. 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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