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Arduous
Answer: A
The synonym of arduous given in the key is Steep.
Arduous comes from the Latin arduus, meaning steep or high, and besides its usual sense of 'very difficult, needing great effort' it is used of a slope or path that is steep and hard to climb, as in 'an arduous ascent'. That older, literal sense is the one the key relies on.
Easy and trivial are near opposites of arduous, since an arduous task is neither easy nor of little importance. With steep available as a genuine sense of the word, 'None of these' is ruled out.
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