Multiple choice general knowledge

If you apply soothing lotion to painfully dry skin, you are applying an:

  1. emollient

  2. emmolient

  3. emolient

  4. immolliant
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Emollient is the correct spelling for a soothing or softening agent applied to skin. The word comes from Latin 'emollire' meaning to soften, and maintains 'l' after 'e', 'i' after the second 'l', and ends in '-ent'. Options B, C, and D all contain incorrect consonant or vowel combinations.

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