Craft and StructureVery hardWord for careful, exact work
Craft and Structure practice question
The restorer's ____ removal of the varnish, a square centimetre at a time under a microscope, took eleven months.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. painstakingCorrect
- B. hasty
- C. careless
- D. reluctant
Answer: A. painstaking
A square centimetre at a time for eleven months: painstaking.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. hasty
- Eleven months at that pace is the opposite of hasty.
- C. careless
- Microscope work is not careless.
- D. reluctant
- Nothing suggests unwillingness.
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