Sentence Completion - Blank Filling
CAT 2008 Slot 1 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Medium · Vocabulary
This is a medium Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 2008 Slot 1 paper. It tests Vocabulary. The full answer key and a step-by-step explanation are below — try it yourself first, then reveal the solution.
The genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, apart from being mis-described in the most sinister and _________ manner as 'ethnic cleansing', were also blamed, in further hand-washing rhetoric, on something dark and interior to __________ and perpetrators alike.
- A.
innovative; communicator
- B.
enchanting; leaders
- C.
disingenuous; victims
- D.
exigent; exploiters
- E.
tragic; sufferers
C
Explanation
'Disingenuous' fits the negative tone along with 'sinister', and 'victims' contrasts with 'perpetrators'.
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