First Read: Selection Vocabulary
Identify the choice that best answers the question.
What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of tepid in this sentence from "By Any Other Name"?
We quarreled in our usual way, waded in the tepid water under the lime trees, and waited for the night to bring out the smell of the jasmine.
A bottomless
B. lukewarm
C. deep-sea
D. polar