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Craft and StructureVery hardWord for a soothing, yielding manner

Craft and Structure practice question

The negotiator's ____ manner, all patience and small concessions, lulled the other side into accepting terms it had rejected a week earlier.

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

  1. A. conciliatoryCorrect
  2. B. belligerent
  3. C. haphazard
  4. D. ostentatious

Answer: A. conciliatory

Patience and concessions: conciliatory.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. belligerent
The opposite.
C. haphazard
Nothing haphazard about a method that works.
D. ostentatious
Showiness is not described.

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