Craft and StructureVery hardWord for being fully aware
Craft and Structure practice question
The council was ____ of the risk: the engineer's report had warned three times that the wall would fail in a wet winter, and three times it had been filed.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. cognisantCorrect
- B. ignorant
- C. incapable
- D. tolerant
Answer: A. cognisant
Warned three times: it knew.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. ignorant
- Ignorant would mean unwarned.
- C. incapable
- 'Incapable of the risk' makes no sense.
- D. tolerant
- Tolerant of a risk is not what the sentence describes; the point is knowledge.
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