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?
- A. equivocalCorrect
- B. candid
- C. thorough
- 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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