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.

enervate

The correct answer is Option (2) → enervate

• Enervate (Verb): To cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken. This meaning matches the context of hikers being worn out by "weeks of incessant walking" and lack of supplies.

• Galvanize (Verb): To shock or excite (someone) into taking action; stir up. (Antonym of the required meaning.)

• Promulgate (Verb): To promote or make widely known (an idea or cause). (Unrelated.)

• Obliterate (Verb): To destroy utterly; wipe out.