Compared with his earlier, delightfully inventive work, his second novel was disappointingly __________.
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A) galvanized
A) galvanized
B) prosaic
B) prosaic
C) rudiments
C) rudiments
D) menace
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The best word to fill in the blank is B) prosaic.
The sentence suggests that the second novel lacked the inventiveness of the earlier work, implying that it was dull or ordinary, which aligns with the meaning of "prosaic." The other options do not fit the context appropriately.
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