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One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest.

What is the connotative meaning of the underlined word in the excerpt?

a lavish event
a humiliating sight
an unexpected happening
an entertaining performance

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
a humiliating sight

Explanation: In this context "spectacle" conveys a shameful or demeaning scene the worker watches with detached interest, not a lavish or entertaining event.