Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the given options:

The Haldemans lived in _________ poverty, with barely a roof over their heads.

  1. abase

  2. abjure

  3. abject

  4. aberrant
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Abject means utter, complete, or hopeless - often used with poverty or misery. Abject poverty means completely hopeless or wretched poverty. Abase means to humble or degrade, abjure means to renounce an oath or belief, and aberrant means deviating from normal.

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