Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Though fond of many acquaintances, I desire _______ only with a few.

• A. introduction
• B. cordiality
• C. intimacy
• D. encounter

Answer 1

The correct option is C intimacy

Acquaintances are persons whom one knows through work or business but not in an intimate or close fashion. As the appropriate choice requires a synonym expressing a meaning similar to acquaintances but have a greater intensity, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not express this condition, hence incorrect.