Question
Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of Selection 2, Life of Caesar.
Others say this was not her dream, but that she dreamed that a pinnacle which the senate . . . had ordered to be raised on Caesar’s house by way of ornament and grandeur, was tumbling down, which was the occasion of her tears and [outcries].
Based on context clues in the sentence, what does the word grandeur mean?
A. physical decay
B. great arrogance
C. moral superiority
D. magnificent splendor
Others say this was not her dream, but that she dreamed that a pinnacle which the senate . . . had ordered to be raised on Caesar’s house by way of ornament and grandeur, was tumbling down, which was the occasion of her tears and [outcries].
Based on context clues in the sentence, what does the word grandeur mean?
A. physical decay
B. great arrogance
C. moral superiority
D. magnificent splendor
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Based on the context clues in the sentence, the word "grandeur" most closely means **D. magnificent splendor**. The mention of a "pinnacle" being raised "by way of ornament and grandeur" suggests something impressive and grand, indicating a sense of beauty or magnificence.