Discussion
Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word : '...... of a prodigious height and extent.'
Answer: D
The word nearest in meaning to 'prodigious' here is large.
'Prodigious' means remarkably or impressively great in size, extent or degree: enormous. In 'a prodigious height and extent', describing a vast white dome, it refers to size, so 'large' is the closest of the options.
'Prodigious' can also mean wonderful or marvellous, but in this phrase it describes height and extent, so the size sense applies, not the sense of wonder. 'Tall' covers height only, not extent, and 'narrow' is close to an opposite.
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