LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:Vocabulary

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

From your knowledge of the suffix -ous, what is the most likely meaning of the word disastrous?

A. 

the quality of disaster

B. 

characterized by disaster

C. 

similar to disaster

D. 

unlike a disaster

1 answer

The most likely meaning of the word "disastrous," based on the knowledge of the suffix -ous, is:

B. characterized by disaster