The word "annihilate" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) conquer

　　(B) utilize

　　(C) separate

　　(D) mechanize

　　278. Moreover, in addition to its being a transportation pathway equipped with a mammoth physical plant of tracks signals, crossings, bridges, and junctions, plus telegraph and telephone lines the railroad nurtured factory complexes, coat piles, warehouses, and generating stations, forming along its right-of-way what has aptly been called "the metropolitan corridor" of the American landscape.

　　The word "Moreover" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) consequently

　　(B) furthermore

　　(C) although

　　(D) because

　　The word "aptly" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) appropriately

　　(B) virtually

　　(C) consistently

　　(D) incessantly

　　279. The Native Americans of northern California were highly skilled at basketry, using the reeds, grasses, barks, and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes-not only trays, containers, and cooking pots, but hats, boats, fish traps, baby carriers, and ceremonial objects.

　　The word "fashion" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) maintain

　　(B) organize

　　(C) trade

　　(D) create

　　280. In addition, they made used of four distinct variations on the basic twining process, often employing more than one of them in a single article.

　　The word "article" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) decoration

　　(B) shape

　　(C) design

　　(D) object