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Read the passage from “First Joint Debate Ottawa,” a speech by Abraham Lincoln.

My Fellow-Citizens: When a man hears himself somewhat misrepresented, it provokes him,—at least, I find it so with myself; but when misrepresentation becomes very gross and palpable, it is more apt to amuse him.

What is the closest meaning of the underlined phrase as it used in the excerpt?
widely accepted
emotionally disturbing
obviously exaggerated
extremely humorous

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C. obviously exaggerated.

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