Question

Find the meaning of the underlined word.
It takes roughly 4000 pounds of petals to make s single pound of rose oil.
a) As much as
b) Amazingly
c) More or less
d) Relatively
e) At least

Answer 1

Hint: In the above sentence the underlined word is roughly which means approximately. Hence, we need to find a synonym of roughly from the given options.

Complete answer:
 The word ‘roughly’ means approximately which can be used as – this is roughly what it costs, or the walk is roughly 13 miles, etc.
Now, as we need a synonym of roughly to change the sentence (as asked in the question). So, let us look into the options and see which one would be the most appropriate option.
Option (a) – as much as: is used to state comparison between two things or to say that two things are equal in amount or degree. For example he likes hockey as much as he likes cricket.
Option (b) – amazingly: means in a way that causes great surprise or wonder or something that is done in a very impressive way. For example: amazingly all the members survived the disaster.
Option (c) – more or less: means approximately or to a certain extent. For example they are more or less the same age.
Option (d) – relatively: means in comparison to, in relation to something else. For example they are poor but relatively more pure and rich at heart.
Option (e) – at least: means not less than or something at the minimum etc. for example: clean your room at least.
So, as per the explanation above we can see that the correct option would be option (c), i.e. more or less. Which will change the sentence as – “it takes more or less 4000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil’.

Note:
 The word relatively and as much as, both are used to show or refer to a comparison of some type. Since we are not comparing anything in the above question we can eliminate these two options and then work our way up to the correct solution.