Craft and StructureEasy–MediumWord meaning from context
Craft and Structure practice question
The mayor's promise to lower taxes proved ____: two years into her term, they had risen twice.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. hollowCorrect
- B. prophetic
- C. sincere
- D. popular
Answer: A. hollow
The colon shows what happened: the opposite of the promise. A promise that turns out to mean nothing is 'hollow'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. prophetic
- 'Prophetic' means accurately predicting the future. The promise predicted the opposite of what happened.
- C. sincere
- 'Sincere' is about the mayor's intent, and the sentence judges the promise by its outcome, which contradicted it.
- D. popular
- Popularity has nothing to do with whether the promise was kept.
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