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Certainly a roundabout narrative, the book—much like the
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Certainly a roundabout narrative, the book—much like the others in the author’s pseudo autobiographical series—proved to be unpopular among those who preferred ________ to loquaciousness.
| Blank (i) |
| (A) succinctness |
| (B) enlargement |
| (C) garrulousness |
| (D) gregariousness |
| (E) perspicacity |
Re: Certainly a roundabout narrative, the book—much like the
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The words unpopular and preferred act as opposite-direction triggers. The clues roundabout and loquaciousness require that the blank mean something like briefness. None of enlargement, garrulousness, gregariousness, or perspicacity means brevity, so eliminate choices (B), (C), (D), and (E). Succinctness does mean brevity, so select choice (A).
Hence option A is correct.
The words unpopular and preferred act as opposite-direction triggers. The clues roundabout and loquaciousness require that the blank mean something like briefness. None of enlargement, garrulousness, gregariousness, or perspicacity means brevity, so eliminate choices (B), (C), (D), and (E). Succinctness does mean brevity, so select choice (A).
Hence option A is correct.
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13 Jul 2022, 23:45
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