Question

Tennyson was a well-loved poet; no other poet since has been so ____.

a) lionized
b) attacked
c) decried
d) poetical
e) abhorred

Answer 1

The correct answer is the option a) lionized

Lionized means regarded as being of significant interest or significance

Attacked means to attempt to damage or defeat someone/something by using force.

Decried means to officially or publicly devalue (something, such as a coin)

Poetical means imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression

Abhorred means to hold in the highest detestation

Lionized is the answer as it fits the context perfectly.

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Answer 2

The correct answer to the given question will be (a) lionized.

The verb lionize can be defined as the act of paying much attention and respect to a particularly revered individual, usually a celebrity. In the case of this question, Alfred Lord Tennyson was a famous English poet in the Victorian Period, which is why option (a) will suit the most.

The other options are irrelevant, because of the following reasons:-

• Option (b), i.e. attacked, means to be the victim of an aggressive action
• Option (c), i.e. decried, means to denounce someone or something among the public
• Option (d), i.e. poetical, is used to describe a piece of literary writing as imbued with the attributes of a poem
• Option (e), i.e. abhorred, means to feel disgusted towards someone or something

Thus, the complete sentence will be as follows:

Tennyson was a well-loved poet; no other poet since has been so lionized.

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