Question

Approximately one-third of the world's population lives in ___ poverty and goes to bed hungry every night. A. salient B. abject C. voluble D. discourse

Answer 1

Abject means horrible, or bad. so B. "Approximately one-third of the world's population lives in Abject poverty and goes to bed hungry every night"

Answer 2

Approximately one-third of the world's population lives in "abject" poverty and goes to bed hungry every night, with "abject" being serious or severe.