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lota or iota?/ (Question: 20351.7 )

spelling mistake there

Question:
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below them. Certain words/ expressions are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the first three days of July, 1863. During the night of July 4, Lee began to retreat south-ward while storm clouds deluged the country with rain. When Lee reached the Potomao river with his defeated army, he found a swollen, impassable river in front of him, and a victorious Union army behind him. Lee was in a trap. He couldn’t escape. US President, Abraham Lincoln saw that. Here was a golden, heaven-sent opportunity the opportunity to capture Lee’s army and end the war immediately. So, with a surge of high hope, Lincoln ordered General Meade not to call a council of war but to attack Lee immediately. Lincoln telegraphed his orders and then sent a special messenger to Meade demanding immediate action.   

And, what did General Meade do? He did the very opposite of what he was told to do. He called a council of war in direct violation of Lincoln‘s orders. Finally the waters receded and Lee escaped over the Potomac with his forces. 

Lincoln was furious. “What does this mean ‘?” Lincoln cried” “Great God ! What does this mean? We had them within our grasp and had only to stretch forth our hands and they were ours yet nothing that I could say or do could make the army move. Under the circumstances. almost any general could have defeated Lee. 

In bitter disappointment. Lincoln sat down and wrote Meade this letter. And remember, at this period of his life, he was extremely conservative and restrained in his phraseology. So this letter coming from Lincoln in 1863 was tantamount to the severest rebuke.

“My dear General,"

“I do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortune involved in Lee’s escape. He was within our easy grasp; and to have closed upon him would, in connection with our other late successes, have ended the war. Ask it is, the war will be prolonged indefinitely. lf you could not safely attack lee last Monday, how can you possibly do so south of the river, when you can take with you very few not more than two thirds of the force you then had in hand ?” It would be unreasonable to expect and I do not expect that you can now effect much. Your golden opportunity is gone. and I am distressed immeasurably because of it”.

What do you suppose Meade did when he read that letter ?

Meade never saw that letter. Lincoln never mailed it. It was found among Lincoln‘s papers after his death.

My guess is and this is only a guess that after writing that letter, Lincoln looked out of the window and said to himself, “Just a minute. May be ought not to be so hasty. It is easy enough for me to  sit here in the quiet of the White House and order Meade to attack but if I had been up at Gettysburg, and if I had seen as much blood as Meade had seen during the last week, and if my ears had been pierced with the screams and shrieks of the wounded and dying, may be I wouldn’t be so anxious to attack either”.
Choose the word or group of words which is most opposite in meaning of the word/group of words printed in bold. 

Surge.
Options:
A) Thinning.
B) Flash.
C) Drought.
D) Lota.
E) Miniscule.
Solution:
The word Surge (Noun) means sudden increase of a strong feeling; rush. Its antonym should be iota which means an extremely small amount.

Look at the sentence: There is not one iota of truth in the story.

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