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Question 14 Unsaved

The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us. This produced copious perspirations, so that the air soon became unfit for respiration, from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died

Read the passage from Aboard a Slave Ship above. What does the underlined word copious mean?

Question 14 options:

just enough


rare


to copy


abundant in supply

Answer 1

The last one; Abundant in supply.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. Abundant in supply

Step-by-step explanation:

In the excerpt presented that describes the conditions of slaves during the trip from Africa to America, the word "copious" is used to describe the perspirations (sweat) and the way these made the air "unfit for respiration". This detail and the previous detail "was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself" suggest the word "copious" refer to numerous, plentiful or abundant as everyone in the ship sweat excessively due to the lack of space and therefore the air became highly contaminated. Thus, the word copious in the text means "abundant in supply".