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Verbal·Craft and Structure·Words in Context
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The following text is from Mark Twain’s 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Tom, a child, has been told by his aunt to paint their house’s fence.

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high.
As used in the text, what does the word “surveyed” most nearly mean?
A
Promoted
B
Organized
C
Transformed
D
Examined