Word Replacement - Terse
CAT 2005 Slot 1 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Easy · VARC
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".
- A.
witty
- B.
rude
- C.
simple
- D.
terse
Answer
D
Explanation
A single-word reply is famously 'terse' (concise, brief).
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