Craft and StructureVery hardWord meaning from context
Craft and Structure practice question
The philosopher's argument is ____ rather than sweeping: it makes a single narrow claim and defends that claim with unusual precision.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. modestCorrect
- B. grandiose
- C. ambiguous
- D. derivative
Answer: A. modest
'Rather than sweeping' sets the blank against breadth, and the colon confirms it: one narrow claim. An argument limited in scope is 'modest'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. grandiose
- 'Grandiose' means ambitious and showy — close to 'sweeping', which the sentence contrasts with the blank.
- C. ambiguous
- 'Ambiguous' means unclear. 'Unusual precision' rules that out.
- D. derivative
- 'Derivative' means copied from others. Nothing in the sentence concerns originality.
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