The following question has a paragraph with one word italicized and underlined word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.
Or there is a most fungummy diplomatic note on record: when a Philip of Macedon wrote to the Spartans that, if he came within their borders, he would leave not one stone of their city, they wrote back the one word – “if”.
- witty
- rude
- simple
- terse