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Post-UTME English Language 2011 Objective — Question 24

Question 24 of 38 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2011 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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The man's speech is rather verbose, it needs to be more ---- (opposite in meaning to 'verbose')

  • A. detailed
  • B. conciseCorrect
  • C. reduced
  • D. interesting

Explanation

'Verbose' means using more words than needed; the opposite is 'concise'.

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