Meaning of the word in the passage? his room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. a collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table - samsa was a travelling salesman - and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. which word has a meaning most similar to the meaning of proper in the passage?

I think appropriate.

Explanation:

The word which has a meaning most similar to the meaning of "proper" in the passage is the following one:

Appropriate.

Explanation:

Gregor Samsa had a "proper" human room, that is, his room was appropriate for a human being, since it was up to a regular standard of what a human room is expected to have as its basic features. In fact, the beginning of the paragraph could be rewritten in the following way:

"His room, which was appropriate for a human being, although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls."

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

answer: j

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