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Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word in quotation marks. The committee's report on the fuel subsidy was unusually 'candid'.

Afrank
Bhasty
Cdetailed
DevasiveCORRECT
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Why the answer is D, and why the others tempt you.
Candid means open and truthful, so its opposite is evasive, meaning deliberately avoiding a direct answer. 'Frank' is a synonym, not an antonym. 'Detailed' and 'hasty' relate to thoroughness and speed, not honesty.
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