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CAT 2001 | Question: 69

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For each of the words below, a contextual usage is provided. Pick the word from the alternatives given that is most inappropriate in the given context.
PARSIMONIOUS: The evidence was constructed from very parsimonious scraps of information.

  1. Frugal
  2. Penurious
  3. Thrifty
  4. Altruistic

 

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Because rest three suggest the meaning - of one who is unwilling to spend. PARSIMONIOUS scraps of information may suggest here that sources of information for constructing the evidence were unwilling.

Altruism means selflessness for welfare of others.

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