Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the options given below:-
The wild____ came very close to our cottage, which made us shiver.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → boar
Boar means a wild pig (also a male pig). "The wild boar" is an animal that could come near a cottage in the woods and make the people inside shiver with fear.
Example: A wild boar dug up the farmer’s potato field.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: boor — Incorrect. A boor is a rude, ill-mannered person. (Boor and boar sound alike: a boor is a rude person, a boar is a wild pig.)
Example: Only a boor would talk loudly during the prayer.
Option 2: boer — Incorrect. A Boer is a South African of Dutch descent; it is a proper noun, written with a capital B.
Example: The Boer farmers settled in the interior of South Africa.
Option 3: bore — Incorrect. A bore is a dull, tiresome person or thing; as a verb, to bore means to make someone weary or to drill a hole. (Bore and boar sound alike: a bore is dull, a boar is a wild pig.)
Example: The long speech was a bore.