Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 264: Answer and Explanation
Question: 264
The Citizeness Gamelin put the soup on the table, said the Benedicite, seated her son and her guest, and began to eat standing up, "declining" the chair which Brotteaux offered her next to him, since, she said, she knew what courtesy required of her.
The following text is from Anatole France's 1912 French Novel The Gods Will Have Blood.
As used in the text, what does the word "declining" most nearly mean?
- A. Repulsing
- B. Decreasing
- C. Turning down
- D. Plummeting
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
C. Gamelin politely refuses to sit in the chair that is offered to her, so she is best described as “turning down” the chair.“Repulsing” is too negative, and “decreasing” and “plummeting” generally relate to amounts of things.
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