Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has one or two blanks; each blank indicates that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Fashion models today are very_______ if not skinny.

  1. meager

  2. niggard

  3. beefy

  4. svelte

  5. scrawny
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Models cannot be meager, niggard or scrawny as they are all synonyms of skinny. And models are definitely not beefy! So the answer is (option-4) svelte which means slender and graceful.

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