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The danger of giving too many long and bombastic speeches
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23 Oct 2017, 15:53
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The danger of giving too many long and bombastic speeches while on the campaign trail is that a politician can come off as __________ rather than eloquent.
| Blank (i) |
| (A) unscrupulous |
| (B) voluble |
| (C) frank |
| (D) inane |
| (E) glib |
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Re: The danger of giving too many long and bombastic speeches
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12 Nov 2017, 15:57
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The clue in this short sentence is the word eloquent, which you need to flip because of the “rather than.”
Unscrupulous and inane are negative but don’t really relate to speech. Voluble doesn’t have any negative connotations. Glib, meaning “fluent and talkative, but insincere and shallow,” fits perfectly.
Glib.
The clue in this short sentence is the word eloquent, which you need to flip because of the “rather than.”
Unscrupulous and inane are negative but don’t really relate to speech. Voluble doesn’t have any negative connotations. Glib, meaning “fluent and talkative, but insincere and shallow,” fits perfectly.
Glib.
Re: The danger of giving too many long and bombastic speeches
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26 May 2021, 03:30
26 May 2021, 03:30
bombastic means high sounding but with little meaning and inane means silly and with little meaning. Can we still not consider inane as the correct option?
