Question

the glass booth’s supposedly shatterproof panes splintered, cutting her cheek, and hedren suggests the sequence was part punishment for her rejection of him.
source: the guardian
in the sentence above, splintered has the same or almost the same meaning as:
○ descended
○ fragmented
○ enlarged
○ darkened

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the meaning of "splintered" in the context of glass panes. "Splintered" means to break into small, sharp pieces. Now we check the options:

• "descended" means to move down, which is unrelated.
• "fragmented" means to break into fragments or small pieces, matching "splintered".
• "enlarged" means to make bigger, opposite in meaning.
• "darkened" means to become dark, unrelated.

Answer:

B. fragmented (assuming the second option is labeled B; if the options are in the order shown, the second option "fragmented" is the correct one)