Fill in the blank in the following sentence with an appropriate word:
The vegetable soup will ------- your appetite for more food.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → whet
Whet means to sharpen (a knife or blade); with "appetite" or "interest" it means to make it keener. A soup served before a meal makes one hungry for more food, so it whets the appetite.
Example: The smell from the kitchen whetted my appetite.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: wet — Incorrect. Wet means covered with water, or (as a verb) to make something damp. (Whet and wet sound alike: whet is to sharpen or stimulate, wet is to make damp.)
Example: The rain wet the clothes on the line.
Option 3: vet — Incorrect. Vet means to check someone or something carefully before approving it (as a noun, an animal doctor); it does not go with appetite.
Example: The company vets every applicant before hiring.
Option 4: vert — Incorrect. Vert is a rare word for the colour green in heraldry (the designs on coats of arms); it is not a verb.
Example: The shield showed a gold lion on a field of vert.