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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Alexander Solzhepitsyns works will be_______ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.
A. rejected
B. skimmed
C. compiled
D. perused
Correct Answer :
D. perused
Peruse means to read. A perusal (reading) of Solzhenitsyns works will bring home to him (make him understand) the truth about Freedom in Russia that freedom is only nominal; it is, in fact, restrictive. Note that Russia here is a part of the USSR, not the post-1991 Russia. (c) gives the sense of reading hurriedly.