The new restaurant gets _ reviews, so we have _ eating there.
Correct answer: E. Dreadful... avoided
- A. Mediocre... recommended
- B. Pleasant... evaded
- C. Enthusiastic... disliked
- D. Terrible... visited
- E. Dreadful... avoided
Explanation
The sentence should read: "The new restaurant gets dreadful reviews, so we have avoided eating there."Here's why:- "Dreadful" means extremely bad or of very poor quality, which matches with avoiding the restaurant.- "Avoided" means to deliberately stay away from something, in this case, the restaurant, due to its poor reviews.
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