Word Replacement - Terse

CAT 2005 Slot 1 · VARC · Easy · VARC

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Choose the most appropriate replacement for the italicized nonsensical word in the paragraph below.

Or there is the most fingummy diplomatic note on record: when Philip of Macedon wrote to the Spartans that, if he came within their borders, he would leave not one stone of their city, they wrote back the one word – "If".

  1. A.

    witty

  2. B.

    rude

  3. C.

    simple

  4. D.

    terse

Answer

D

Explanation

A single-word reply is famously 'terse' (concise, brief).

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