The Correct answer is C. people use the lights to brighten and mask the dreariness of their lives.
Is after the underlined word? If so, it'd be a preposition. It's followed by a noun.
Ludere means to trick. Collusion is secret, illusion is a trick, elude is to avoid escape. These are not options. A prelude is an introduction - almost like a taste to trick you into reading, hearing, seeing more. An ablution is a washing - not connected to a trick at all. Ablution is your answer.
Answer:
the last choice, only/alone
Explanation:
all the other choices make sense as the root word sur means, "over," "above," and "in addition to." and the choices "greater than," and "beyond" make sense as well because the root word super means those two things as well as a few of the words that have to do with the root word sur. the only choice that doesn't fit in is the last one.
Are they your Uncles
My cousin is on the chair
She isn't my grandmother
Is my aunt in the park
The writer is in the hospital
She is a good student
They aren't bakers
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