Choose the word closest in meaning to the word in italics:
The vast subterranean passages beneath Gunung Mulu National Park comprise a labyrinthine system of interconnected limestone chambers.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. intricately convoluted and mazelike
- Step 1: Analyze the context: describing huge underground cave networks with endless passages and interconnected chambers.
- Step 2: 'Labyrinthine' derives from labyrinth, meaning complicated, twisting, winding, and mazelike.
Answer
intricately convoluted and mazelike.
Why not the others: 'broad and perfectly straight' describes a linear highway; 'shallow and brightly illuminated' contradicts dark underground subterranean caverns; 'perilously fragile and crumbling' refers to structural decay rather than intricate layout.
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