Word Replacement - Sputtering

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Choose the most appropriate replacement for the italicized nonsensical word in the paragraph below.

Women squat, heads covered, beside huge piles of limp fodder and blunk oil lamps, and just about all the cows in the three towns converge upon this spot. Sinners, supplicants and yes, even scallywags hand over a few coins for a crack at redemption and a handful of grass.

  1. A.

    shining

  2. B.

    bright

  3. C.

    sputtering

  4. D.

    effulgent

Answer

C

Explanation

'Sputtering' describes dim, flickering oil lamps, matching the gloomy setting.

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