Correct Answer: A

Your Answer:

Explanation

A

This is a Vocabulary question, as it's asking for a logical and precise word or phrase for the blank. Read the text and highlight what can help fill in the blank. The text states that cryptographers have yet to demonstrably decipher any portion of the text, so a good word for the annotation box to describe the meaning and purpose of the Voynich manuscript would be "mysterious."

• (A) is correct because enigmatic matches "mysterious."

• (B) and (D) are wrong because venerable and coherent don't match "mysterious."

• (C) is wrong because it is a Could Be True trap answer. While multifarious, or complex, things can be mysterious, the words are not synonyms: mysterious things can be simple, and complex things can be quite well known and understood.