Multiple choice

Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

Muller was so _____________ that he never could be accused of a blatant lie; his deceptiveness worked its seductive charm through discreet concoction of half-truths and dissemblance.

  1. obtuse

  2. wily

  3. uncanny

  4. undiscerning

  5. crafty

  6. artless
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Muller is deceptive. He is very good at lying, and very good at not getting caught (“seductive charm……half truths”)

(2) and (5) mean clever and cunning, which work perfectly well with this context (6) means innocent, which is the opposite of the answers.

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