Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the following sentence:-
Weeks of incessant walking in the forest and on uneven terrain, without enough food supplies and water was enough to _____ the group of hikers.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → enervate
Complete sentence: Weeks of incessant walking in the forest and on uneven terrain, without enough food supplies and water was enough to enervate the group of hikers. Weeks of non-stop walking on uneven ground with too little food and water would exhaust the hikers.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) galvanize | to shock or excite someone into action (almost the opposite of tiring them out) | The captain's speech galvanized the team. |
| (2) enervate (answer) | to drain someone of energy, to make them weak and tired | The long, humid afternoon enervated the players. |
| (3) promulgate | to announce a law or idea officially or spread it widely (it cannot be done to a group of hikers) | The government promulgated a new rule on plastic bags. |
| (4) obliterate | to destroy completely or wipe out (a hard trek tires people, it does not wipe them out of existence) | The flood obliterated the village road. |