Craft and StructureVery hardVerb fixed by a prediction coming true
Craft and Structure practice question
The engineer, ridiculed for years, was finally ____ when the dam she had warned about failed exactly as she had predicted.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. vindicatedCorrect
- B. overruled
- C. punished
- D. forgotten
Answer: A. vindicated
Her warning proved right, clearing her of the ridicule. To be 'vindicated' is to be shown to have been right.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. overruled
- 'Overruled' is what happened to her before, not when she was proved right.
- C. punished
- Being proved right is the opposite of being punished.
- D. forgotten
- An engineer whose prediction comes true is remembered, not forgotten.
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