Identify the contextually incorrect word in the sentence: 'True humility does not mean underestimating your capabilities, but rather exaggerating your accomplishments so that others may be elevated.'
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. exaggerating
- Step 1: Analyze definition: Humility involves modesty and truthful self-appraisal without boasting.
- Step 2: 'Exaggerating' accomplishments is the opposite of humility (it is arrogance or deception); the intended word is 'moderating' or 'restraining'.
Answer
exaggerating.
Why not the others: 'capabilities' correctly denotes talents; 'humility' is the subject of the maxim; 'elevated' expresses the benevolent goal of lifting others.
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