Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentence.
The psychiatrist treating the shoplifter told him that while his excuses for his
behavior were quite -- and may fool the police and even the judge, the truth of
the matter was that he didn't have kleptomanmia or ay other mental illness, just
excessive greed.
A) doltish
B) fatuous
C) befuddled
D) nescient
E) ingenious