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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Tranquil,

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cold medicine for people who just need to chill out.

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Yeah. That.

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All right, which of these words is closest in meaning

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to placid?

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And here are the potential answers.

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And remember Lake Placid from the Olympics

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a zillion years ago? Yeah.

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All right, well, the word "placid" means

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peaceful or tranquil, like the surface

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of a remote mountain lake.

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Off the bat, we can cross off C - enraged,

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which means extremely angry.

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So, uh, who could be angry on a lake?

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Except maybe a sturgeon or something.

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Okay, now look at limp,

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which means tired or lacking firmness.

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Uh, limp is actually a synonym

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for the word "flaccid," not "placid,"

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so you definitely don't want to get those two confused.

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Trust us. We've been there.

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All right, then there's "weak."

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Well, weak means not having any energy,

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but just because a river or lake is

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peaceful doesn't mean it can't still pack a punch.

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So that's not right, either.

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Which leaves us with B - calm.

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Calm means without motion or nearly still.

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That makes it a synonym for placid.

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So the correct answer is B - calm.

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