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Difficulty: Very hardIdiomatic Prepositions

Having spent decades documenting the volatile fluctuations of geothermal geysers in Iceland, the volcanologist was completely inured from the sudden, deafening blasts that frequently startled tourists.

Which choice best replaces the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    inured from
  2. inured toAnswer
  3. C
    inured with
  4. D
    inured by

Answer

The correct choice is 'inured to', which correctly uses the idiomatic preposition 'to' with 'inured'.
The adjective 'inured' means accustomed to accepting something undesirable. In standard English, it must be paired with the preposition 'to' (e.g., 'inured to the cold'). Therefore, the option containing 'inured to' is correct.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the underlined phrase 'inured from' and determine the word being modified, which is the adjective 'inured' (meaning accustomed to something undesirable).
The adjective 'inured' is identified.
To choose the correct preposition, one must know the specific idiomatic pairing for the adjective 'inured'.
2
Evaluate the idiomatic pairings for 'inured'. In standard English, 'inured' is followed by the preposition 'to'.
The correct preposition is determined to be 'to'.
Prepositional idioms are fixed expressions in English and must be memorized.
3
Select the option that contains 'inured to'.
The option with 'inured to' is chosen.
This choice represents the only grammatically and idiomatically correct phrasing.

Key Concept

Choosing the correct preposition to form a standard idiomatic expression with an adjective.
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Idiomatic Prepositions

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