Question

Read the following sentence from the section "I Have Confidence In Me."

The size of the bet showed how confident they were in assessing a home's price.

Which word, if it replaced the word "assessing" in the sentence above, would CHANGE the meaning of the sentence?

a
guessing
b
demanding
c
evaluating
d
estimating

Answer 1

b . Demanding .

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "assessing/ assess" is the same as making a "guess, estimate evaluate, propose, determine" etc. among others.

Now, considering the given sentence-

The size of the bet showed how confident they were in assessing a home's price.

This means that the people betting were confident of estimating how much the home will cost. And if the word "assessing" is changed to "demanding", then the meaning of the whole sentence changes completely.

Thus, the correct answer is option b.