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question 4 of 5
when we reached the next town, we found the two buses parked outside a truck stop diner. grandpa pulled the station wagon up next to them. we all followed him into the diner, wondering what crazy idea hed gotten in his head this time. grandpa walked up to an old man with a thick mustache wearing a cowboy hat.
the man stood up and greeted grandpa as though he were his cousin and shook his hand. grandpa introduced us saying,
ow, girls, this is marty robbins, the best western singer there ever was.\ the man wrinkled his mustache and laughed.
ow that is quite the introduction,\ he said, and he asked us if we wanted a drink. we gladly accepted and sat down on the glistening red fabric of the booth, slinking down a bit to avoid the chilly breeze from the ceiling fan above us. grandpa asked marty what hed been up to, and marty told us that he had played a sold - out show in maiden the night before.
with his eyes smiling just so and that cowboy hat casting a shadow over his features, marty looked at me and asked, \so, young lady, what kinda music do you
as it is used in paragraph 6, the word wrinkled (highlighted) most nearly means:
a disheveled.
b roughened.
c furrowed.
d folded.

Explanation:

• Disheveled means untidy or disordered, usually referring to hair or clothing. It doesn't fit the context of a mustache.
• Roughened implies making something rough, which is not the right connotation for a mustache's action.
• Furrowed often refers to lines or wrinkles on the face (like on the forehead), but when related to a mustache, it can be a way of describing a slight wrinkling or creasing (in a more figurative sense related to movement or expression).
• Folded means bent over or doubled, which is not appropriate for a mustache's action.

Answer:

C. furrowed