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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The minister's promise proved ____: within a month it had been quietly withdrawn, and no one in the department would admit to having drafted it.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?

  1. A. ephemeralCorrect
  2. B. binding
  3. C. exhaustive
  4. 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A binding promise would not be withdrawn.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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