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why can't the answers be
Debasing means reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade & meager means lacking in quantity or quality.
"debasing" is a close option
"debasing" is a close option here. However, debasing means to reduce (something) in quality or value. For example, in the sentence, "Lying talk radio hosts hurt us all by debasing our democracy's ongoing conversation," the radio hosts are performing the act of debasing. THEY are the ones reducing the quality of democracy. So, in the given question, there is no force actively reducing the quality of the Cratchits' possessions. So, "debasing" is not a good fit.
what is the meaning of this
The Cratchits can be assumed
The Cratchits can be assumed to be a family (like the Smiths or the Kapoors).
Loose translation: Even though the family (the Cratchits) had very few possessions (i.e, they were poor), they had a lot of love for Tiny Tim.
MEAGER and SPARSE both mean "lacking in quantity"
Does that help?
yes it helped alot...thank