The following text is adapted from George Eliot’s 1871–72 novel Middlemarch.
[Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have contracted a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke’s conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather.
As used in the text, what does the word “contracted” most nearly mean?
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Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) Settled
A
Settled
(Choice B) Developed
B
Developed
(Choice C) Restricted
C
Restricted
(Choice D) Described
D
Described
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(Choice B) Developed