Question

Reread the following passage from page 106:

“I knew that except for the half-hour she’d been alone with Gatsby [Daisy] wasn’t having a good time. We were at a particularly tipsy table. That was my fault --Gatsby had been called to the phone, and I’d enjoyed these same people only two weeks before. But what had amused me then turned septic on the air now.”

In this sentence, the word “septic” most closely means…

A. Inspirational
B. Disgusting
C. Hilarious
D. Tedious

Answer 1

a

Step-by-step explanation:

inspirational means like septic

Answer 2

Answer:

In this sentence, the word "septic" most closely means "disgusting."

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "septic" is used to describe something that is infected with harmful bacteria, causing decay or putrefaction. In this context, the narrator is saying that the atmosphere, which he had found amusing before, had now turned unpleasant, contaminated, and perhaps even toxic. So, the word "septic" is being used metaphorically to suggest that something that was once enjoyable or amusing had turned rotten or unpleasant. Therefore, "disgusting" is the closest in meaning to "septic" in this context.