Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

Don't eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around

  • A harmful
  • B harmless
  • C innocent
  • D immunized
  • E conspicuous
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The correct answer is B. harmless

Innocuous means not harmful or offensive. It refers to something that is unlikely to cause harm or danger.

So, in the given sentence, "innocuous" is closest in meaning to harmless.

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