Practicing Success
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words. At the party, Rohan was pretending to be what he is not to influence the investors for his company’s shares. |
Canter Autocrat Hypocrite Goody |
Hypocrite |
The option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words "pretending to be what he is not" is hypocrite.
The word hypocrite is the most appropriate because it specifically refers to someone who pretends to be something they are not. The other words do not have the same connotation of deception. |