Question

the following text is from charles dickenss 1851 novel great expectations. the narrator is taking a walk near his home on a damp morning. on every rail and gate, wet lay clammy, and the marsh mist was so thick, that the wooden finger on the post directing people to our village—a direction which they never accepted, for they never came there—was invisible to me until i was quite close under it. as used in the text, what does the word accepted most nearly mean? a authorized b shifted c followed d approved

Explanation:

The sentence says that the marsh mist was so thick that the wooden finger (a signpost) directing people to the village was invisible until the narrator was close. The context implies that the people (the ones the signpost was for) never "accepted" (in the sense of following) the direction because they never came there. "Authorized" (A) means given official permission, which doesn't fit the context of a signpost. "Shifted" (B) means moved, which is not relevant here. "Approved" (D) means gave consent, which also doesn't fit the idea of following a direction. "Followed" (C) makes sense as it relates to taking the direction indicated by the signpost.

Answer:

C. Followed