Multiple choice

Directions: Select the most appropriate option to complete the given sentence.

After long years of ________ imprisonment the freedom fighter looked like an __________ spectre.

  1. enervating, old

  2. languishing, etiolated

  3. hard, emancipated

  4. emasculating, emaciated

  5. rigorous, ungainly

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The long years of imprisonment will drain energy and weaken a person. The closest fits are given by (4).