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Requiring split-second decisions, the career of an investment banker
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03 Sep 2025, 07:50
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Requiring split-second decisions, the career of an investment banker is clearly not a viable one for those prone to _____ .
| Two Answers |
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| A. forwardness |
| B. hesitation |
| C. dithering | D. prevarication | E. wastefulness |
| F. obstinacy |
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The sentence describes the career of an investment banker: it "Requiring split-second decisions." This demanding requirement is then contrasted with the personality trait that makes the career not viable (not suitable).
The blank must describe a trait that is the opposite of making "split-second decisions," such as delaying, wavering, or being indecisive.
- A. forwardness: Bold, presumptuous, or eager. This is the opposite of the required meaning.
- B. hesitation: The action of pausing before saying or doing something; delay in decision. This is a strong fit.
- C. dithering: Being indecisive. This is a perfect synonym for hesitation and directly describes the inability to make a split-second decision.
- D. prevarication: Speaking or acting in an evasive way; lying. This relates to truthfulness, not decisiveness.
- E. wastefulness: Using or expending something carelessly or extravagantly. This is irrelevant to decision-making speed.
- F. obstinacy: The quality or state of being stubbornly unwilling to change one's opinion or course of action. This relates to stubbornness, not the initial delay in deciding.
The two words that mean indecisiveness or delay are hesitation and dithering.
The correct choices are B. hesitation and C. dithering.
The sentence describes the career of an investment banker: it "Requiring split-second decisions." This demanding requirement is then contrasted with the personality trait that makes the career not viable (not suitable).
The blank must describe a trait that is the opposite of making "split-second decisions," such as delaying, wavering, or being indecisive.
- A. forwardness: Bold, presumptuous, or eager. This is the opposite of the required meaning.
- B. hesitation: The action of pausing before saying or doing something; delay in decision. This is a strong fit.
- C. dithering: Being indecisive. This is a perfect synonym for hesitation and directly describes the inability to make a split-second decision.
- D. prevarication: Speaking or acting in an evasive way; lying. This relates to truthfulness, not decisiveness.
- E. wastefulness: Using or expending something carelessly or extravagantly. This is irrelevant to decision-making speed.
- F. obstinacy: The quality or state of being stubbornly unwilling to change one's opinion or course of action. This relates to stubbornness, not the initial delay in deciding.
The two words that mean indecisiveness or delay are hesitation and dithering.
The correct choices are B. hesitation and C. dithering.
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