Question

sat #1 reading & writing - part 2 some scholars have proposed that the characteristic blurs and unusual colors of impressionism may have resulted from increasing air pollution, which alters how objects in the distance appear to the human eye. other critics charge that reducing the movement to a changing visual landscape the innovations of artists as claude monet and j m w turner which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? a interpolates. b augments. c supplants. d diminishes.

Explanation:

We need to find the most context - appropriate word. "Interpolates" means to insert or estimate values between known data points, which doesn't fit. "Augments" means to make something greater by adding to it, which is not relevant here. "Supplants" means to replace, which also doesn't make sense. "Diminishes" means to make or become less, and it makes sense as reducing movement can lead to a change in the visual landscape by making things seem to decrease or change in a particular way.

Answer:

D. diminishes