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As used in line 51078, affect most nearly means __________
As used in line 51078, affect most nearly means __________
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Solution
The correct option is A feign.
The correct answer is option B. Replacing “affect” with “feign” in context makes sense because the sentence is describing Cecil pretending to have a “cosmopolitan naughtiness” he does not have, and “feign” can mean “pretending to have.” Cecil is not deliberately causing himself to have this assumed sophistication, or influencing his imagined “naughtiness”, so options A and C are incorrect. To use “impress” in this sentence would mean Cecil is trying to amaze the “cosmopolitan naughtiness” mentioned; it is impossible to amaze or “impress” something that is not living, so option D is incorrect.
The correct answer is option B. Replacing “affect” with “feign” in context makes sense because the sentence is describing Cecil pretending to have a “cosmopolitan naughtiness” he does not have, and “feign” can mean “pretending to have.”
Cecil is not deliberately causing himself to have this assumed sophistication, or influencing his imagined “naughtiness”, so options A and C are incorrect.
To use “impress” in this sentence would mean Cecil is trying to amaze the “cosmopolitan naughtiness” mentioned; it is impossible to amaze or “impress” something that is not living, so option D is incorrect.
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