Craft and StructureVery hardWord for a claim later withdrawn
Craft and Structure practice question
The minister's promise proved ____: within a month it had been quietly withdrawn, and no one in the department would admit to having drafted it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. ephemeralCorrect
- B. binding
- C. exhaustive
- D. prescient
Answer: A. ephemeral
Gone within a month: short-lived.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. binding
- A binding promise would not be withdrawn.
- C. exhaustive
- Thoroughness is not the point.
- D. prescient
- Nothing suggests foresight.
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