Question

read the passage and then answer the question. the united states court system has three main levels. the first is the district court, where trials are initially held. this trial courts decision is final unless a party appeals to the court of appeal. the appeals court reviews decisions by the district court and decides if any errors were made. the last level is the united states supreme court, which chooses carefully which cases to hear—usually, it selects cases that involve important issues. the supreme court may also take a case if something egregious happened in the lower courts. for example, the court might consider a case where someone was denied a fair trial. the supreme court hears less than one percent of the cases brought to it. what is the meaning of egregious as used in the passage? small and easily explained very bad and easily noticed new and entertaining simple to ignore

Explanation:

The context is about the Supreme Court taking a case. The example given is when someone was denied a fair trial. Such a situation is a serious (very bad) and obvious (easily noticed) problem. The other options don't fit this context. "Small and easily explained" doesn't match the severity of a denied fair - trial. "New and entertaining" is irrelevant to the legal context. "Simple to ignore" is the opposite of what would make the Supreme Court take a case.

Answer:

very bad and easily noticed