English Grammar - Sentence Completion

English Grammar
English Grammar - Sentence Completion

Select the correct option: Her rebuttal, though eloquent, failed to ___ the central issue raised by the opposition.


Options:

  1. address
  2. digress
  3. circumvent
  4. elude

Right Answer: address

The sentence concedes that the rebuttal was eloquent but says it 'failed to ___ the central issue'. The natural completion is 'address', meaning to deal with or attend to a matter directly. The contrast signalled by 'though eloquent' demands a verb of genuine engagement, since the criticism is that fine words never actually tackled the point. 'Digress' means to wander from the subject. 'Circumvent' means to find a way around something, and 'elude' means to escape or evade; both describe what the rebuttal did rather than what it failed to do. Hence option one is correct.

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