The engineer's proposal was rejected because the estimated construction costs were ______ high and exceeded the municipal budget.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. prohibitively
- Step 1: Analyze context clues: The proposal was rejected because costs exceeded the budget.
- Step 2: The adverb indicating that a price or cost is so high as to prevent purchase or implementation is 'prohibitively'.
Answer
prohibitively.
Why not the others: 'scarcely' means barely; 'nominally' means in name only or insignificantly; 'moderately' means within reasonable limits.
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