Question

the shadows of the clouds flecked the pure and perfect blue of the sunny slopes with a dusky mottling of purple. in the sentence above, flecked has the same or almost the same meaning as: spotted, verified, smothered, surveyed

Explanation:

"Flecked" means to mark or scatter with small spots or flecks. "Spotted" has a similar meaning of having small marks or dots on something. The other words "verified" (confirmed), "smothered" (covered completely or suppressed), and "surveyed" (examined or looked at in detail) do not match the meaning of "flecked".

Answer:

A. spotted