Lake powell, though not a lake, may well be, as its
defenders assert, the most beautiful reservoir in the world.
certainly it has a photogenic backdrop of buttes and
mesas projecting above the expansive surface of stagnant
waters where the speedboats, houseboats and cabin
cruisers play. but it is no longer a wilderness. it is no
longer a place of natural life. it is no longer glen canyon.
which word from the paragraph did the author most likely use because of its
negative connotation?
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a. expansive
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b. stagnant
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c. life
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d. cabin