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D. to show that compulsive hoarders start out collecting things like any other person
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the answer is D. the passage above suggest that the lottery has become a joke to the townspeople they continue to substitute the original contents of the box
Alleged is to say without proof, suppose, so called etc... It means saying something without evidence. Claimed is the most similar word, or synonym. It has the definition say something without evidence of proof.
Intended is planned or meant to do something. Revealed is displaying something. Denied is to reject or oppose against something/someone.
Because ALLEGED and CLAIMED have similar, or the same definition, the synonym for alleged is claimed.