Question

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many customers became ill because of the bad meat they had consumed at the restaurant.
which word can replace the underlined word to improve the overall writing quality of the sentence without changing the overall meaning?
a. fatty
b. good
c. disgusting
d. contaminated

Explanation:

"Bad" in this context implies that the meat was unfit for consumption and likely had harmful substances. "Contaminated" means made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance, which best matches the meaning of "bad" in terms of meat causing illness. "Fatty" just refers to the fat - content, "good" is the opposite of what is needed, and "disgusting" is more about the sensory aspect rather than the cause of illness.

Answer:

D. contaminated