Vocabulary Studio 6: Assuage to aver

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1In the example "The austere room contained only a desk and a narrow bed.", what does austere mean?A. Tearful or inclined to cause tears.B. Severely plain, restrained, or lacking comforts and ornament.C. Ghostly or resembling an apparition; also relating to a spectrum.D. Based heavily on another work or source and lacking originality.

2In the example "The chapters remained autonomous while sharing one publication.", what does autonomous mean?A. Intrusively eager to offer unwanted help or assert authority.B. Thick and resistant to flowing.C. Able to govern or direct itself independently.D. Lasting for only a short time.

3In the example "The witness continued to aver that the door had been locked.", what does aver mean?A. To damage someone's reputation or good name.B. To collapse inward or undergo internal breakdown.C. To think carefully or deeply about something.D. To state or affirm positively.

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