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Each sentence below has a blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the word that best fits in with the meaning of the sentence as a whole.The _ climate of the island made life uncomfortable for the locals; one minute it is raining, the next minute it would be sweltering.

Correct answer: D. Capricious

  • A. Congruous
  • B. Frigid
  • C. Immaculate
  • D. Capricious

Explanation

After the semicolon, it is revealed that the climate is raining one minute, and very hot ("sweltering") the next minute. When something is very changeable, it is called "capricious." "Bleak" means desolate or offering little hope of success; "frigid" means extremely cold; "immaculate" means perfect or spotlessly clean; and "congruous" means consistent with something else.

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