Craft and StructureHardWord for conclusions contradicted by their own data
Craft and Structure practice question
The report's conclusions are ____ by its own data: the tables show a rise where the text claims a fall.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. underminedCorrect
- B. confirmed
- C. illustrated
- D. anticipated
Answer: A. undermined
The data contradict the text.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. confirmed
- The opposite.
- C. illustrated
- The tables do not illustrate the claim; they contradict it.
- D. anticipated
- Anticipation is not contradiction.
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