Craft and StructureHardAdjective fixed by a dramatic change
Craft and Structure practice question
The 1849 discovery was ____ for the region: within a decade its population had grown from a few hundred to more than a hundred thousand.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. pivotalCorrect
- B. trivial
- C. gradual
- D. disputed
Answer: A. pivotal
An event after which everything changed — a hundredfold growth in a decade — is 'pivotal', a turning point.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. trivial
- 'Trivial' is the opposite of an event that transformed a region.
- C. gradual
- 'Gradual' contradicts a hundredfold change within a decade, and it describes a process, not a discovery.
- D. disputed
- Nothing in the sentence suggests disagreement about the discovery.
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