Craft and StructureVery hardWord for a false appearance of learning
Craft and Structure practice question
The lecture was ____ rather than learned: it bristled with footnotes and foreign phrases but never made a single argument.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. pedanticCorrect
- B. rigorous
- C. concise
- D. original
Answer: A. pedantic
Footnotes and foreign phrases with no argument: a show of learning, pedantic.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. rigorous
- Rigorous would mean genuinely careful reasoning, which is absent.
- C. concise
- Concise is about length, and the lecture 'bristled'.
- D. original
- Original would mean new ideas; none is offered.
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