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Question
Which set of words is MOST LIKELY from an entry in a thesaurus?
Responses
A bushes, flowers, shrubs, trees, weeds, seeds, and bulbsbushes, flowers, shrubs, trees, weeds, seeds, and bulbs
B heaven, heavily, heavenly, hecatomb, heckle, hectic, and heightenedheaven, heavily, heavenly, hecatomb, heckle, hectic, and heightened
C quickly, slowly, carefully, recklessly, quietly, loudly, and noisilyquickly, slowly, carefully, recklessly, quietly, loudly, and noisily
D sore, aching, achy, afflicted, hurtful, nagging, painful, and smarting

1 answer

The set of words that is MOST LIKELY from an entry in a thesaurus is:

D: sore, aching, achy, afflicted, hurtful, nagging, painful, and smarting

This is because these words are all synonyms (or closely related) and would likely appear together in a thesaurus under the entry for "sore" or a similar term.