Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Although the committee's report was widely praised, several members felt its conclusions were ______, resting on a single dataset that had never been independently replicated.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. tenuous
- Step 1: The clause 'resting on a single dataset ... never replicated' signals weak support for the conclusions.
- Step 2: The word must therefore mean weak or poorly supported: 'tenuous'.
Answer
tenuous.
Why not the others: 'Robust', 'exhaustive' and 'incontrovertible' all describe strong, complete or undeniable findings, the opposite of the context.
Practise more Lexical Semantics and Academic Collocations.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed University of Jordan English Proficiency Test (JU-EPT) mock tests.
More Lexical Semantics and Academic Collocations questions
- Choose the word that best completes the academic sentence: The research team compiled an extensive bibliography to ______ the claims present…
- Select the appropriate academic collocation: The university senate reached a ______ decision to establish the school of renewable energy.
- What is the meaning of the adjective 'pragmatic' in the sentence: 'The water authority adopted a pragmatic approach to rationing during drou…
- Choose the correct prepositional collocation: The archaeological committee's findings are fully consistent ______ previous radiometric datin…
- Identify the word that best fits the blank: The sudden ______ of foreign investment into Aqaba accelerated logistics and port infrastructure…
- What is the meaning of the academic verb 'substantiate'?