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Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted into the sentence, best
completes the sentence. The editor reduced the introduction from ten --- pages to two ---paragraphs
by --- all of the unnecessary verbal flourishes that riddled its sentences.

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Match complex to concise with cutting action.
Updated On: Oct 9, 2025
  • \( \text{officious…sedulous…bolstering} \)
  • \( \text{tortuous…succinct…excising} \)
  • \( \text{immutable…intransigent…inhibiting} \)
  • \( \text{turgid…concise…qualifying} \)
  • \( \text{florid…trenchant…expiating} \)
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Context: Editor shortens verbose introduction by removing excess.
Step 2: Options: Officious (meddlesome), Tortuous (twisted/complex), Immutable
(unchanging), Turgid (swollen/verbose), Florid (ornate); Sedulous (diligent), Succinct
(concise), Intransigent (unyielding), Concise (brief), Trenchant (sharp); Bolstering
(supporting), Excising (cutting out), Inhibiting (restraining), Qualifying (modifying),
Expiating (atoning).
Step 3: Tortuous (complex) pages to Succinct (brief) paragraphs by Excising (removing) fits.
Step 4: Others mismatch length or action.
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