Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the right meaning of the following word.

Adulterate

  1. To show by example; to furnish an example; to illustrate

  2. To give up reluctantly, to yield or to release

  3. To consider unimportant; to disregard; to designate as boring and irrelevant

  4. To make impure; to reduce the quality of by the introduction of something inferior

  5. To glare; look or stare angrily and intently
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Adulterate means to make something impure or inferior by adding foreign or improper substances. Option D correctly identifies this as "to make impure; to reduce the quality of by the introduction of something inferior." The other options describe: showing by example (A), giving up reluctantly (B), disregarding (C), and staring angrily (E).

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