Craft and StructureHardWord for being deeply rooted
Craft and Structure practice question
The habit of closing the shops on Wednesday afternoons is ____ in the town: nobody under sixty can say why it started, and nobody of any age proposes to stop it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. entrenchedCorrect
- B. novel
- C. resented
- D. optional
Answer: A. entrenched
Origin forgotten, continuation unquestioned: entrenched.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. novel
- Nobody under sixty knows why it started; it is old.
- C. resented
- Nobody proposes to stop it.
- D. optional
- Everyone keeps it.
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