After weeks in the desert, the explorers were ______ of food and water.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. deprived
- Step 1: 'Deprived of' means lacking something that is needed.
Answer
deprived.
Why not the others: deserted, depressed and deposited don't fit.
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