Sentence Completion - English (MCQ) for Bank, MBA, CAT, MAT, GMAT, SSC for Q. 20794

Q.  Select the most effective word from the options given below to fill in the blank and complete the sentence meaningfully.

The present __________ green forest of the area is a far cry from the dirty, foul smelling landfill that it was a decade ago.

- Published on 07 Apr 16

a. blue
b. complete
c. beautiful
d. quiet
e. lush

ANSWER: lush
 
The present lush green forest of the area is a far cry from the dirty, foul smelling landfill that it was a decade ago.
The options blue, complete and quite are irrelevant and do not make the sentence meaningful.

The confusion can be between the words beautiful & lush.

'Beautiful' does make the sentence meaningful but the contrast of the green forest of the area in the sentence is a dirty, foul smelling landfill that demands a more appropriate and enhancing adjective.

'lush' when used of nature, plants, trees, gardens, forests, etc. means 'rich', 'verdant' (green). Hence, lush is the appropriate word to be used for a green forest, grass, garden etc.

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