The committee adopted a spare prose style for its report, partly on principle and partly because brevity could itself convey authority. A sentence that did not need a qualifier, the chair insisted, should not have one.
As used in the text, what does the word "spare" most nearly mean?
- A
thin in body
- B
to grant mercy to
- C
in reserve
- Dcheck_circle
stripped of excess
Explanation
The style avoids unnecessary qualifiers — stripped of excess. Not the "in reserve," "thin," or "show mercy" senses.