Craft and StructureVery hardWord for a belief held without evidence
Craft and Structure practice question
The town's conviction that its water has healing powers is entirely ____: no study has ever found the spring to differ from any other.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. unfoundedCorrect
- B. documented
- C. provisional
- D. universal
Answer: A. unfounded
No study supports it: the belief has no foundation.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. documented
- Documented would mean supported by evidence.
- C. provisional
- Provisional means tentative; the town's belief is a 'conviction'.
- D. universal
- Universal is about how widely it is held, not whether it is justified.
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