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Craft and StructureHardWord for a report that is not evasive

Craft and Structure practice question

Far from being ____, the committee's report was blunt about the project's failures and named those responsible.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. equivocalCorrect
  2. B. candid
  3. C. thorough
  4. D. scathing

Answer: A. equivocal

Blunt and naming names is the opposite of equivocal.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. candid
Candid is what the report was, so 'far from being candid' contradicts the sentence.
C. thorough
Thoroughness is not contrasted with bluntness.
D. scathing
Scathing fits the report, not its opposite.

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