Which option best defines ingenious?

Which option best defines ingenious?

• A. Clever
• B. Not thoughtful
• C. Widespread
• D. Tendency

Answer: (A)

Ingenious describes something or someone marked by cleverness and originality in solving a problem or creating something new. The best choice is clever because it directly conveys that sense of quick, inventive intelligence. The other options refer to different ideas: not thoughtful implies carelessness, widespread means common across many places or people, and tendency is a leaning or pattern, not about cleverness. (Note that ingenious is sometimes confused with ingenuous, which means candid or naive, not clever.)

Ingenious describes something or someone marked by cleverness and originality in solving a problem or creating something new. The best choice is clever because it directly conveys that sense of quick, inventive intelligence. The other options refer to different ideas: not thoughtful implies carelessness, widespread means common across many places or people, and tendency is a leaning or pattern, not about cleverness. (Note that ingenious is sometimes confused with ingenuous, which means candid or naive, not clever.)