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Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.

What is the correct answer?

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A great literary or artistic work is known as______.

A. par excellence

B. bete noire

C. peccadillo

D. magnum opus

Correct Answer :

D. magnum opus


Magnum means big (or great). (Hence a magnifying glass makes things appear big.) Opus means work. (When you operate something, a computer for example, you make it work.) Combining the two, we get magnum opus great work. But it is used only in the sense of a great literary or artistic work.

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