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Craft and StructureVery hardWord for a memoir that spares nothing

Craft and Structure practice question

The memoir is ____ about the author's failures, recounting each with a detail and a candour that his admirers found uncomfortable.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. unsparingCorrect
  2. B. reticent
  3. C. boastful
  4. D. vague

Answer: A. unsparing

Every failure in detail.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. reticent
Reticence would hold back.
C. boastful
Failures are not boasted of.
D. vague
Detail is the opposite of vague.

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