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39. Please choose which of the following words means "a temporary solution (usually created on short notice), using limited materials."

B is the only right answer. Something that's "jerry-built" is inexpertly thrown together and it's always an insulting term. "Jury-rigged" just means that you rather ingeniously thought of a temporary solution. "Jerry-rigged" and "jury-built" are just bastardizations involving people mixing up the terms.


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