Craft and StructureVery hardWord for something that cannot be reconciled
Craft and Structure practice question
The two eyewitness accounts of the fire are not merely different but ____: one has the blaze starting in the cellar at midnight, the other on the roof at dawn.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. irreconcilableCorrect
- B. corroborating
- C. tentative
- D. anonymous
Answer: A. irreconcilable
Cellar at midnight versus roof at dawn: the accounts cannot both be true.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. corroborating
- Corroborating accounts would agree.
- C. tentative
- Both accounts are stated confidently; the issue is that they clash.
- D. anonymous
- Nothing is said about the witnesses' names.
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