Question
Read the sentence from the passage:
"There was a blare of heated rage mingled with a certain expression of intentness on all faces."
The word blare can carry different shades of meaning depending on context. Place it on the word gradient below by selecting all words that share both it denotation and its connotation in this sentence.
Word Gradient: whisper, murmur, roar, blare, shriek
Which words most clearly match the use of blare in this passage?
whisper
murmur
roar
shriek
"There was a blare of heated rage mingled with a certain expression of intentness on all faces."
The word blare can carry different shades of meaning depending on context. Place it on the word gradient below by selecting all words that share both it denotation and its connotation in this sentence.
Word Gradient: whisper, murmur, roar, blare, shriek
Which words most clearly match the use of blare in this passage?
whisper
murmur
roar
shriek
Answers
GPT-5 mini
roar
Reason: "Blare" here conveys a loud, forceful, attention-getting sound of anger — matching "roar." "Whisper" and "murmur" are quiet; "shriek" implies a high-pitched, piercing quality not implied by "blare."
Reason: "Blare" here conveys a loud, forceful, attention-getting sound of anger — matching "roar." "Whisper" and "murmur" are quiet; "shriek" implies a high-pitched, piercing quality not implied by "blare."