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Which of the following words best fits into the sentence below?

In Ancient Greece, pilgrims would flock to Athens in order to ________ the goddess Athena in her temple.

disgrace
mock
please
venerate

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In Ancient Greece, pilgrims would flock to Athens in order to venerate the goddess Athena in her temple.
“Venerate” means to “regard with great respect; revere”, and would be exactly what a pilgrim would do to a god of theirs.
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Worship or venerate
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