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Craft and Structure practice question
The letter never states that the partnership had failed, but there is a clear ____ of it in the closing lines, where the writer mentions 'settling accounts' and 'going our separate ways'.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. intimationCorrect
- B. refutation
- C. celebration
- D. enumeration
Answer: A. intimation
Never stated, but hinted by 'settling accounts' and 'separate ways': an intimation.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. refutation
- The lines suggest failure rather than denying it.
- C. celebration
- Nothing about the ending is celebrated.
- D. enumeration
- No list is given.
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