Question

Meaning of the word in the passage?

His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.


Which word has a meaning most similar to the meaning of proper in the passage?



perfect


appropriate


extravagant


passable

Answer 1

I think appropriate.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The word which has a meaning most similar to the meaning of "proper" in the passage is the following one:

Appropriate.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gregor Samsa had a "proper" human room, that is, his room was appropriate for a human being, since it was up to a regular standard of what a human room is expected to have as its basic features. In fact, the beginning of the paragraph could be rewritten in the following way:

"His room, which was appropriate for a human being, although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls."