Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that fills in the blank most suitably.

A compact crowd, ________ but orderly, was held in place by a lone policeman.

  1. anomalous

  2. clamorous

  3. embryonic

  4. veracious

  5. lumpy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'But' sets up the contrast. The filler ought to show a quality of the crowd that is something opposite to 'orderly'. 

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