Sentence Completion · Question 22 · Medium

Fill in the blank. Rather than ______ the problem, the team decided to address it head-on.

  1. resolve
  2. confront
  3. ignore
  4. tackle
Answer and explanation

Answer: C. ignore

Explanation: 'Rather than' sets up a contrast with 'address it head-on'; only ignore is the opposite. Tackle, resolve and confront all mean roughly the same as address.

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