Question

During his speech, the guest speaker ____ wildly with his hands, distracting the audience from the important points he was trying to make.

Answer Choices:
intermingled
Afflicted
Gesticulated
Absconded

Answer 1

Gesticulated. I’m almost 100% sure

Answer 2

Answer: C) Gesticulated.

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). From the given options, the word that best complete the sentence, is the corresponding to option C: Gesticulated, which denotation is to use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words.