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Verbal·Craft and Structure·Words in Context
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The following text is from Agatha Christie’s 1924 novel The Man in the Brown Suit.

My object in life is to be thoroughly comfortable. I have devoted a certain amount of thought, and a considerable amount of money, to further that end. But I cannot say that I always succeed.
As used in the text, what does the word “object” most nearly mean?
A
Piece
B
Astonishment
C
Regret
D
Goal