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Use the story to answer the questions: The Red Room by H. G. Wells, Project Gutenberg.
Question: Read the following sentence from the section "A Waiting Stillness Was Over Everything." In one place there was a distinct echo to my footsteps, the noises I made seemed so little that they enhanced rather than broke the silence of the place. What is the BEST definition of the word “enhanced” as it is used above?
A. finished
B. intensified
C. hastened
D. spoiled
Question: Read the following sentence from the section "A Waiting Stillness Was Over Everything." In one place there was a distinct echo to my footsteps, the noises I made seemed so little that they enhanced rather than broke the silence of the place. What is the BEST definition of the word “enhanced” as it is used above?
A. finished
B. intensified
C. hastened
D. spoiled
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B. intensified
Reason: The tiny noises made the silence seem stronger or more pronounced, not finished (A), hastened (C), or spoiled (D).
Reason: The tiny noises made the silence seem stronger or more pronounced, not finished (A), hastened (C), or spoiled (D).
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