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?
- A. unsparingCorrect
- B. reticent
- C. boastful
- 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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