Question

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank from the given alternatives:

After a week's rain, the _________ was at its highest.

• A. humid
• B. humidness
• C. humidity
• D. humidify

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

humidity

Let’s examine the sentence: “After a week's rain, the _________ was at its highest.” The sentence is trying to say that the moistness in the environment was at its highest after a week’s rain. So, the blank requires a word that means “moistness.” Option A or ‘humid’ means ‘moist’ and so cannot be used here. Option B or ‘humidness’ is wrong as there is no such word in English and so cannot be used here. Option D or ‘humidify’ means ‘to make moist’ and so cannot be used here. Option C or ‘humidity’ means ‘moistness’ and so is the correct word to be used here. Hence, Option C is the correct answer.