The following text is from a poem about a hike.
Go forward, friend, Guided by the map's red line! High peaks, yet unseen, Wait For your arrival. I cannot, if I wished, Retrace the trail with you, My hiking days are done, But the mountain calls to you!
As used in the text, what does the word "retrace" most nearly mean?
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
Withdraw
Repeat
Improve
Remember
Correct Answer: B
Choice B is the best answer. The speaker says she cannot "Retrace the trail with you." To retrace means to go back over the same path. "Repeat" captures this meaning of doing the journey again.
Choice A is incorrect because "withdraw" means to pull back. Choice C is incorrect because "improve" means to make better. Choice D is incorrect because while she might remember it, "retrace" implies the physical action of traveling the path again.