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Craft and Structure practice question

Though the medication's side effects are ____ — a mild headache at most — the trial was halted for an unrelated reason.

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

  1. A. innocuousCorrect
  2. B. severe
  3. C. unpredictable
  4. D. contagious

Answer: A. innocuous

The aside 'a mild headache at most' defines the word: the side effects are harmless. That is 'innocuous'.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. severe
'Severe' contradicts 'a mild headache at most'.
C. unpredictable
'Unpredictable' is about whether effects can be foreseen; the aside describes how MILD they are, not how predictable.
D. contagious
Side effects of a medication can't be 'contagious', and nothing in the text suggests spread.

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