What is most closely the meaning of protective as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 2)? I turned 29 in September and for pretty much 29 years of my life I have been protective about anything and everything in my inner life.
Answer choices for the above question

A. caring

B. defensive

C. negligent

D. possessive

The meaning of "protective," as shown in the text is "possessive," as shown in option D.

We can arrive at this answer because:

Thus, we can say that "possessive" is a synonym for "protective," which can be substituted in the text, without changing the meaning.

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D. possessive

Explanation:

The nearest in meaning of the word "protective" as used in the passage is option D, possessive.

Based on the passage, the narrator states that she turned 29 in September and for the 29 years of her life, she has been possessive of everything and anything about her inner life.

voracity is the noun corresponding to the adjective voracious, which means (1) eager to consume a great amount of food, or (2) marked by an insatiable appetite. veracity is far more common than the rare voracity, so the latter is sometimes used in place of the former.