Choose the best definition of the italicized word

1) reminiscent of a market place:

a) tending to belong to, b) tending to recall, c) being exactly alike, d) in contrast to;

2) as if they were hawking wares:

a) peddling, b) manufacturing, c) comparing, d) arguing over;

3) In the sea of mendicants: Those who

a) have imaginary symptoms of illness, b) need medical attention, c) need emergency medical attention, d) beg for favours of treatment;

4) every imaginable infirmity:

a) disability, frailty, b) moral weakness, c) personality trait, d) social class;

5) try to wheedle anything:

a) ask for special favours for, b) persuade by using flattery, c) believe, accept as true, d) steal, take without permission;

6) The innocent lies next to the sage: A person who is

a) wealthy, b) successful, c) wise, d) evil;

7) the penitent patient rubs shoulders with the outraged:

a) lacking in confidence, b) talkative, c) skeptical, doubting, d) feeling remorse for one’s misdeeds;

8) not always so convivial a place:

a) sociable, jovial, b) gloomy, grim, c) surprising, astonishing, d) interesting, fascinating;

9) vexatious rapidity:

a) constant, b) dizzying, c) annoying, d) fatiguing;

10) to improve with our ministrations: Acts of

a) serving, b) praying, c) kindness, d) faith;

11) this hermetic world:

a) completely sealed against escape or entry of air, b) insulated, impervious to outside influence, c) having to do with the occult, magical, d) resembling a place where one can hide from the world;

12) the antidote to my experiences: Anything that

a) is used contrary to popular opinion, b) answers, responds, c) relieves or remedies, d) serves as a complement;

13) Disheveled and bundled in several layers:

a) shabby, dirty, b) disarranged, untidy, c) disorganized, messy, d) poverty-stricken;

14) by threatening to aggravate her asthma:

a) irritate, annoy, b) use, exploit, c) make worse, d) arouse interest in;

15) feeling empty and duped:

a) worthless, b) foolish, c) resentful, d) deceived;

16) relentlessly forward-moving:

a) steadily, persistently, b) remarkably, astonishingly, c) rapidly, swiftly, d) smoothly, fluently;

17) an almost supplicating look:

a) earnest, b) beseeching, c) penetrating, d) provocative;

18) whose face is tan but wizened:

a) wise, b) deeply lined, c) shriveled, d) unblemished;

19) he asks me nonchalantly:

a) skeptically, b) quizzically, c) affectionately, d) casually;

20) to misconstrue the evidence:

a) misinterpret, b) disregard, c) misplace, d) mismanage.