excerpt from The Snowdrop
by Hans Christian Anderson
"You are a little too early," said the wind and the weather; but every sunbeam sang: "Welcome," and the flower raised its head from the snow and unfolded itself—pure and white, and decked with green stripes.
It was weather to freeze it to pieces,—such a delicate little flower,—but it was stronger than anyone knew, it stood in its white dress in the white snow, bowing its head when the snowflakes fell, and raising it again to smile at the sunbeams, and every day it grew sweeter.
The question
Based on the context of the passage, the word pure suggests that
A. the flower is humble
B . the flower is pale
C. the flower is innoccent
D. the flower is soft
Absolute, fine, neat, plain, purified, refined, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmixed are some synonyms and antonyms for pure. Adulterated, alloyed, diluted, and other synonyms.
