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Craft and Structure practice question

The society's membership was ____ rather than reduced by the closure of its hall: two hundred people joined in the month after, to help it find another.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. bolsteredCorrect
  2. B. diminished
  3. C. dissolved
  4. D. ignored

Answer: A. bolstered

Two hundred joined: bolstered.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. diminished
'Rather than reduced.'
C. dissolved
It carried on.
D. ignored
People responded.

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