Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Keats and Shelley were poets of the same period; they were __________.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. contemporaries.
Meaning of the given words:
- colleagues: a person with whom one works in a profession or business.
- associates: connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.
- contemporaries: a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.
- acquaintances: a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
From the meaning of the given words, we can infer that the most suitable word is 'contemporaries'.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.