Question

Review the following line from the text: The nosy visitors observed the lions' routine for nearly an hour before moving on. To create a more positive connotation, the author could have replaced the word nosy with which of the following synonyms?

Answer 1

Answer is  (A):  “Curious” .“Curious” could replace the word “nosy”.

So the sentence becomes:

The Curious visitors observed the lions' routine for nearly an hour before moving on. curious-

1) positive, nosy-negative, interested-neutral.

Similarly,  2) lazy-negative, relaxed-positive, slow-neutral,

3.) courageous-positive, foolhardy-negative, assured-neutral,

4.) new-positive, new-fangled-negative, modern-neutral.

5. )mansion-positive, shack-negative, residence-neutral.

6.) giggle-neutral, laugh-positive, cackle-negative.

7.) boring-negative, routine-neutral, prosaic-positive8. noted-negative.