Craft and StructureVery hardWord for careful, honest scholarship
Craft and Structure practice question
The historian's account is admirably ____: it names its sources, flags its guesses, and never pretends to more certainty than the evidence allows.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. scrupulousCorrect
- B. ornate
- C. partisan
- D. cursory
Answer: A. scrupulous
Naming sources and flagging guesses: exacting honesty.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. ornate
- Ornateness is about style, not honesty.
- C. partisan
- A partisan account would overstate.
- D. cursory
- A cursory account would not flag its guesses.
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