Craft and StructureHardWord for treating something as unimportant
Craft and Structure practice question
The company's statement ____ the safety report, referring to it once, in passing, as 'an internal document of no wider relevance'.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dismissedCorrect
- B. publicised
- C. commissioned
- D. endorsed
Answer: A. dismissed
Mentioned once, in passing, as irrelevant: brushed aside.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. publicised
- Publicising would draw attention to it, not away.
- C. commissioned
- Commissioning a report is not what a statement does.
- D. endorsed
- Endorsing it would treat it as important.
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