The <u>enormity</u> of mountain range stunned the visitors to the hill station.
Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that is an improvement of the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- A. eternity
- B. enormousness ✓
- C. extremity
- D. simulacum
Correct Answer: B. enormousness
Explanation
Enormousness refers to great size, scale, or vastness, which accurately describes a mountain range that stuns visitors.
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