Her style is quite lucid, we always wanted to make her fashion idol.

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Her style is quite lucid, we always wanted to make her fashion idol.

  1. A.

    Her style is quite witty, we always wanting to make her fashion idol.

  2. B.

    Her style is quite provoking; we always wanted to make her our fashion idol.

  3. C.

    Her style is quite transparent; we always wanted to make her our fashion mentor.

  4. D.

    None

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

Concept

A sentence-correction / vocabulary-in-context item like this tests two things together: (1) picking the replacement word that preserves the meaning of the word it replaces, and (2) fixing any structural errors in the sentence -- such as a comma splice joining two independent clauses (which needs a semicolon, full stop, or conjunction instead of a bare comma) and a missing possessive determiner before a noun phrase.

Applying it here

The word "lucid" describing someone's style means clear, easy to understand -- the kind of quality that would make people want to look up to her. Among the offered replacements, only "transparent" preserves this "clear, easy-to-understand" meaning. The original sentence also has two structural faults: the comma in "...lucid, we always..." creates a comma splice (two independent clauses joined only by a comma), and "make her fashion idol/mentor" is missing the possessive determiner "our" before the noun phrase. A correct version needs a semicolon in place of that comma AND the word "our" inserted. (Here, "transparent" is used in its "clear, easy-to-understand" sense -- the sense that dictionaries and thesauruses list as a synonym of "lucid" -- rather than its literal "see-through" sense; the surrounding context, wanting to look up to her as a mentor, supports this reading.)

Why the other options are incorrect

  • "Witty" means clever or amusing, not the "clear, easy-to-understand" quality the original word conveys, so this word choice changes the sentence's meaning; this version also still uses "wanting" instead of "wanted" (a tense mismatch) and still joins the two clauses with only a comma.

  • "Provoking" means causing a strong or defensive reaction, which is the opposite of the "clear, easy-to-understand" quality the original word describes, so this substitution changes the intended meaning.

  • Assuming no correction is needed overlooks that the sentence still joins two independent clauses with only a comma and is missing a possessive determiner before the noun phrase -- a fix genuinely is required.

Only the option that supplies a true synonym of the original word AND fixes both the comma splice and the missing possessive determiner resolves the sentence correctly; the additional swap from "idol" to "mentor" in that same version is a secondary wording change that introduces no error of its own, so it does not affect this determination.

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