Choose the word that best fills the blank.
The monsoon here is ______: some years it floods the plain, some years it fails.

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

Erratic means not regular and changing without warning, as the second half of the sentence describes.

Worth noting

Eccentric means strange in behaviour, used of people, not weather.

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Choose the word that best fills the blank.The monsoon here is ______: some years it floods the plain, some years it fails.