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Though the accounting firm was exonerated of any corporate malfeasance
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17 Jan 2026, 05:04
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Though the accounting firm was exonerated of any corporate malfeasance, the perception that it is not completely ______ has persisted.
| Blank (i) |
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| A. unscrupulous |
| B. aboveboard |
| C. competent | D. tarnished | E. unforthcoming |
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Re: Though the accounting firm was exonerated of any corporate malfeasance
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22 Jan 2026, 05:00
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Answer: (B)
'Though' signals a shift from 'exonerated', or freed from guilt, to the idea that people still perceive the corporation as guilty. The 'not' before completely, however, shows that there is a reverse shift. The blank must therefore must mean a word that is the opposite of malfeasance. (B) works well.
$(A)$ is the opposite of the blank.
(C) is too neutral of a word.
(D) is negative.
(E) implies that the company is not honest, the opposite of the blank.
'Though' signals a shift from 'exonerated', or freed from guilt, to the idea that people still perceive the corporation as guilty. The 'not' before completely, however, shows that there is a reverse shift. The blank must therefore must mean a word that is the opposite of malfeasance. (B) works well.
$(A)$ is the opposite of the blank.
(C) is too neutral of a word.
(D) is negative.
(E) implies that the company is not honest, the opposite of the blank.
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