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Hhtt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
quench v. slake v. allay v. assuage
A man walked two days without water across a desert. He was very thirsty. After these two days he found a beautiful lake with fresh, clean water in it.
Which of the following can explain correctly and idiomatically this situation?
1) The fresh water in the lakes quenched his thirst.
2) The fresh water in the lake slaked his thirst.
3) The fresh water in the lake allayed his thirst.
4) The fresh water in the lake assauged his thirst.
Thank you.
Which of the following can explain correctly and idiomatically this situation?
1) The fresh water in the lakes quenched his thirst.
2) The fresh water in the lake slaked his thirst.
3) The fresh water in the lake allayed his thirst.
4) The fresh water in the lake assauged his thirst.
Thank you.
Top answer
quenched All the other are quite uncommon.
- quenched All the other are quite uncommon.
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1 and less commonly #2.
My dictionary doesn't directly associate #3 and #4 with thirst, and I don't hear these words used this way.
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