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Critical Reading>Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The party guests were enthralled by the host's ------- anecdotes, which were full of engaging and provocative details.

(A) piquant
(B) obtrusive
(C) insipid
(D) discursive
(E) forthright

答案和解析

答案：A

解析：

The sentence suggests that the host's "anecdotes," or stories, were enthralling because they were full of "engaging and provocative details." In other words, the anecdotes were "piquant," or engagingly provocative and charming.