The author terms justice, love, honour and courtesy delicate goods because they are ____________.
A
fragile
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B
perishable
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C
desirable
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D
important
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Solution
The correct option is D important Option D: 'Important' means 'of great significance, value or worth'.
As it's mentioned in the passage, "the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what are parochial and delicate goods as justice, love, honour, courtesy..."
Something 'of worth' is something 'of importance'.
Hence option D is correct.
Options A, B and C:
'Fragile' means 'delicate, easily broken', 'perishable' means 'something that can easily be destroyed' and 'desirable' is 'something that you wish for'.
These meanings are neither mentioned nor implied in the passage.