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Choose the word that best fills in the blank.


_______ was rampant about whether or not the company was closing. 

       A. Morose   B. Proclamation   C. Speculation   D. Affluency

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"SPECULATION was rampant about whether or not the company was closing."
People were basically wondering. Hope that helps!

Speculation, that is C, is your anwer. The idiomatic expression "to be rampant" means that something unwelcome spreads unchecked.

The abstract noun "speculation", according to Collins's dictionary, means the act or instance of speculation or a supposition or theory arrived at through speculation. In this case, people were worried about the company closing or not. They did not know for certain what would happen, so perhaps they speculated what to do afterwards.