Direction: Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The failure of the recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires is only (symptomatical of decline) in its overall importance.

Options

A. 1) symptomatical of a decline
B. 2) symptomatic of a decline
C. 3) symptomed of decline
D. 4) No Improvement

Answer

B

Explanation

Symptomatic (Adjective) : indicative, serving as a symptom.
Hence, symptomatic of a decline should be used
Decline (Noun) : to become of less importance. Look at the sentence :
She seemed to be recovering and then she went into a decline.