16. which of these words has the same denotative meaning as, but a different connotative meaning than, the word copious.
meager
abundant
lavish
sparse

The correct answer is C. Lavish

Explanation:

The meaning or sense of words can be classified into denotative and connotative meaning. The denotative meaning refers to the literal meaning or the meaning in the dictionary that is the meaning agreed by the speakers of a language, this meaning is also classified as direct or explicit meaning. On the other hand, the connotative meaning or secondary meaning refers to the associations people do in relation to some word, which mainly depends on the contexts and personal experience of people and therefore, this meaning differs from the denotative meaning as it is not shared by all the speaker of a language but varies according to the cultural or emotional association of the speaker.

Considering this, in the case of the words "copious" and "lavish", the denotative meaning or the meaning in the dictionary for both of this words is something that is abundant or large in number or quantity, which means both words have the same denotative meaning. However, in the case of the connotative meaning or the associations people do, the word "copious" is related to positive abundance, but in the case of the word "lavish" this word is mainly related to something being extravagant or someone spending money in an abundant way, this means the connotative meaning or the associations with the words are different. Thus, the word that has the same denotative but a different connotative meaning than the word copious is lavish.

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