Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the following sentence: Weeks of incessant walking in the forest and on uneven terrain, without enough food supplies and water was enough to ________ the group of hikers.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the following sentence: Weeks of incessant walking in the forest and on uneven terrain, without enough food supplies and water was enough to ________ the group of hikers.
Solution
Option 1 -> galvanize means to energize or stimulate into action, which contradicts the exhausting conditions described.
Option 2 -> enervate means to weaken or drain of energy, perfectly capturing the exhausting effect of the harsh conditions.
Option 3 -> promulgate means to promote or publicize, which is irrelevant to the physical state of hikers.
Option 4 -> obliterate means to destroy completely, which is too extreme for describing exhaustion.
Hence, Option 2: enervate -> Weeks of difficult walking without adequate food and water would naturally drain and weaken the hikers, making "enervate" (meaning to deplete of energy or vitality) the most contextually appropriate word -> correct
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