Adjectives (word choice): Choose the word that best completes the sentence “The grapes are now ______ enough to be picked.” Select the adjective that naturally collocates with fruit ready for harvest.
Verbal Ability
Selecting Words
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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Aready
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Bmature
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Cripe
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Dadvanced
Answer
Correct Answer: ripe
Explanation
Concept
- For fruit suitable for eating/harvest, the idiomatic adjective is ripe.
Option analysisripe — correct and idiomatic with fruit.ready — broad/less precise; acceptable but not best.mature — often used for people/processes; for fruit, “ripe” is preferred.advanced — not used for fruit ripeness.
Final Answerripe