Craft and StructureHardWord for reducing something in size or scope
Craft and Structure practice question
Rising costs forced the museum to ____ its plans: the new wing was reduced to a single gallery, and the café was dropped altogether.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. scale backCorrect
- B. publicise
- C. accelerate
- D. finalise
Answer: A. scale back
A wing reduced to one gallery, a café dropped: plans cut down.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. publicise
- Publicising is not cutting.
- C. accelerate
- Accelerating would be the opposite response to rising costs.
- D. finalise
- Finalising says nothing about reduction.
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