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The following text is from Anne Virginia Culbertson's 1904 short story "How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Beard."

The "cook-house" stood at some little distance from the "big house," and every evening after supper it was full of light and noise and laughter. The light came from the fire on the huge hearth, above which hung the crane and the great iron pots which Eliza, the cook, declared were indispensable in the practice of her art. To be sure, there was a cook-stove, but 'Liza was wedded to old ways and maintained there was nothing "stove cooked" that could hope to rival the rich and nutty flavor of ash cake, or greens "b'iled slow an' long over de ha'th, wid a piece er bacon in de pot."

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As used in the text, what does the word "practice" most nearly mean?

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B
C
D


Correct Answer: C

Your Answer:

Explanation

C

This is a Vocabulary question, as it's asking for what a word most nearly means. Read the text as if practice were not there and highlight what can help to fill in a word in its place. Eliza, the cook, declared that the crane and the great iron pots were indispensable to her. This most logically means that she must use them to cook (which is her "art"), so write "act of doing" in the annotation box.

  • (A), (B), and (D) are wrong because amusement, recital, and appraisal don't match with "act of doing."

  • (C) is correct because execution matches with "act of doing."

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