Question

when punxsutawney phil, the celebrated weather - predicting groundhog, comes out of his underground home this february 2 to predict whether there will be six more weeks of winter weather, onlookers will expect an additional prediction from him. they want him to predict the winner of this years super bowl. the state college - based accuweather inc. believes that science trumps superstition; however, the employees there are also making their predictions on the weather and the super bowl. in this passage, the word trumps means

○a. relies on.
○b. ranks higher than.
○c. disproves of.
○d. agrees with.

Explanation:

The context shows that AccuWeather Inc. believes science is more important or has more weight than superstition. "Trumps" here implies a higher - ranking or more significant status.

Answer:

B. ranks higher than