Question
Choose the pair of words that best completes the sentence:
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake had broken water, gas, and electric lines, the worst damage followed a ______________________, which both firefighters and citizens fought with ________________________.
pyre . . . incense
inflammation . . . pyrotechnics
conflagration . . . fervor
scintillation . . . flamboyance
incendiary . . . flagrance
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake had broken water, gas, and electric lines, the worst damage followed a ______________________, which both firefighters and citizens fought with ________________________.
pyre . . . incense
inflammation . . . pyrotechnics
conflagration . . . fervor
scintillation . . . flamboyance
incendiary . . . flagrance
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The pair of words that best completes the sentence is:
**conflagration . . . fervor**
So the complete sentence would read:
"After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake had broken water, gas, and electric lines, the worst damage followed a conflagration, which both firefighters and citizens fought with fervor."
**conflagration . . . fervor**
So the complete sentence would read:
"After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake had broken water, gas, and electric lines, the worst damage followed a conflagration, which both firefighters and citizens fought with fervor."