Craft and StructureVery hardWord for being outwardly compliant while resisting
Craft and Structure practice question
The staff's response to the new dress code was ____: every rule was followed to the letter, and every rule was made to look faintly ridiculous in the following.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. subversiveCorrect
- B. enthusiastic
- C. negligent
- D. apologetic
Answer: A. subversive
Obeying to the letter in a way that mocks the rule: subversive.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. enthusiastic
- Making the rules look ridiculous is not enthusiasm.
- C. negligent
- Negligence would mean not following the rules; they were followed exactly.
- D. apologetic
- Nothing about it is apologetic.
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