Craft and StructureHardWord for undermining a claim gradually
Craft and Structure practice question
Each new excavation has ____ the theory a little further, and few archaeologists now defend it in its original form.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. erodedCorrect
- B. bolstered
- C. formulated
- D. replicated
Answer: A. eroded
Worn away bit by bit until few defend it: eroded.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. bolstered
- Bolstering would leave more defenders, not fewer.
- C. formulated
- The theory already exists; excavations don't formulate it.
- D. replicated
- Replicating a theory is not what excavations do.
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