The report was ________, containing several deliberate falsehoods.

The report was ________, containing several deliberate falsehoods.

• A. Stolid
• B. Mendacious
• C. Extant
• D. Temporal

Answer: (B)

The main idea being tested is choosing a word that describes a report that includes lies, implying intentional deception. When you see “deliberate falsehoods,” you want a term that means not just false, but knowingly false and designed to mislead. Mendacious fits perfectly because it means habitually deceptive or lying, which matches the idea of a report that deliberately contains false statements. The other words miss that sense: stolid describes someone emotionally unresponsive or dull, not about truthfulness; extant means currently existing, which has nothing to do with honesty; temporal relates to time, not truthfulness. So mendacious is the strongest, most precise choice for describing a report filled with deliberate lies.

The main idea being tested is choosing a word that describes a report that includes lies, implying intentional deception. When you see “deliberate falsehoods,” you want a term that means not just false, but knowingly false and designed to mislead. Mendacious fits perfectly because it means habitually deceptive or lying, which matches the idea of a report that deliberately contains false statements. The other words miss that sense: stolid describes someone emotionally unresponsive or dull, not about truthfulness; extant means currently existing, which has nothing to do with honesty; temporal relates to time, not truthfulness. So mendacious is the strongest, most precise choice for describing a report filled with deliberate lies.