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Fill in the blank with the word given in option. Theatrical plays were a main source of ______before the advent of television. - English

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Fill in the blank with the word given in option.

Theatrical plays were a main source of ______before the advent of television.

Options

  • profound

  • amusement

  • confidence

  • agony

  • solace

  • intrepid

  • disfigured

  • perforated

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Solution

Theatrical plays were a main source of amusement before the advent of television.

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Chapter 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Vocabulary [Page 72]

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Chapter 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
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