B.OBLIQUEMEANS INDIRECT, NOT STRAIGHTFOR-TRUTH.DON’T BE THROWN OFF...

17. b.Obliquemeans indirect, not straightfor-truth.Don’t be thrown off by theneither...norcombination. You are lookingward, with a connotation of underhanded-for a statement that supports the initialness.Direct means straight, either literallystatement. Trying each answer choice inor, as here, with a connotation of honestysuccession will reveal only one that gives theand lack of deception.restatement the same meaning as the origi-