Choose the feminine word for the underlined word:The author was on the verge of a new idea.

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Choose the feminine word for the underlined word:
The author was on the verge of a new idea.

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answer is D.

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Concept: The feminine form of the given word would be, authoress, by adding 'ess' in the author word we can make the feminine word, so option D is the correct answer.
A writer is a person who loves to write, a person who loves to write a book, a newspaper commentary, or anything can be a writer, so this is not a correct answer.
A word given in option B is an incorrect word, so it is an incorrect answer.
Option C is the feminine word used for a poet, so it is not a correct answer.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.

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