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Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   31 Oct 2017, 14:04
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Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirection, the National Incident Commander sought a __________ and open conversation with the Governor.

❑ plain
❑ profane
❑ frank
❑ brusque
❑ pert
❑ boisterous

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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   19 Jan 2018, 08:20
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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2018, 20:20
can someone please explain this question?
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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2018, 11:31
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Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirection, the National Incident Commander sought a __________ and open conversation with the Governor

Keyword is "military training discouraged misdirection"
So the NIC wants his point to be straightforward.
So plain and frank suit perfectly
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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   18 Oct 2018, 17:13
Why not brusque? Please explain.
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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2018, 10:58
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Because it means abrupt.

You need a word whose meaning is honest.

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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2018, 07:59
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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   23 May 2020, 11:21
Brusque means blunt, direct but sounding rude. Because it has a negative connotation maybe that's why it is not the answer
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Re: Perhaps because his military training discouraged indirectio [#permalink] New post   10 Jul 2021, 23:00
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The most common mistake here is about brusque.
It has a slightly negative connotations meaning rude in a sense and we don't have enough evidence that he was being rude with the Commander. Also the other two words have a neutral to positive connotation and so they simply don't make the similar meaning sentences.
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