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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 rumor was of the ------- variety, spreading slowly and almost imperceptibly until, finally, everyone seemed to have heard the story.

(A) manifest
(B) dilatory
(C) insidious
(D) aggressive
(E) expeditious

答案和解析

答案：C

解析：

Choice (C) is correct. A rumor that spreads slowly and subtly can be described as "insidious."