Craft and StructureVery hardWord for papers narrow in scope
Craft and Structure practice question
The scientist's early papers were ____ in scope, treating a single species in a single valley, but each was exhaustive within its limits.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. modestCorrect
- B. ambitious
- C. careless
- D. controversial
Answer: A. modest
One species, one valley.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. ambitious
- The opposite.
- C. careless
- Exhaustive is not careless.
- D. controversial
- Controversy is not mentioned.
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