What is the meaning of 'putrescent'?
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Correct answer: A. Decomposed
Explanation
Putrescent means rotting, decaying.
Note: Passage I is Edna St. Vincent Millay's 'Apostrophe to Man' (1934), which is copyrighted and not reproduced. It savagely 'congratulates' humankind on breeding, crowding and making war, with bombers, explosives and death sold for profit, and ends by urging the 'detestable race' to expunge itself and die out.
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