Question 33: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the questions following: Although the staff did expand somewhat, for the first century of its existence, the entire teaching staff considered of the president and three or four tutors.
somewhat: (adv) somewhat, a bit, somewhat = more or less
=> Although the staff had expanded slightly in its first century of existence, the entire teaching department consisted of only the president and 3 or 4 tutors.
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