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Her _____ writing style made it difficult to follow her thought processes – no surprise to her colleagues, who were familiar with her _____ manner of speech.
A. precise . . arcane
B. laborious . . tedious
C. trite . . flippant
D. convoluted . . circumlocutory
E. ambiguous . . affected
Correct Answer: D
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Since both blanks here describe something similar – the way this unnamed person communicates – the two words should be near-synonyms. And the words "difficult to follow her thought processes" make it clear that both missing wordsshould mean "hard to understand, unnecessarily complicated.
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