Direction: Each of the following sentences is followed by four words or group of words. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word or group of words.
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A great literary or artistic work is known as __________ .
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- par excellence
- bete noire
- peccadillo
- magnum opus
Correct Option: D
Magnum means ‘big’ (or great). (Hence a magnifying glass makes things appear big.) Opus means ‘work’. (When you operate something, a computer for example, you make it work.) Combining the two, we get magnum opus great work. But it is used only in the sense of “a great literary or artistic work”.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
A great literary or artistic work is known as magnum opus.
