Which option best defines motley?

• A. Having a sharply strong taste or smell
• B. Showing great variety
• C. Insufficient
• D. Mysterious

Answer: (B)

Motley describes a mix with great variety. It’s used for things that are diverse or made up of many different kinds, like a motley crew or a motley assortment of colors. That sense fits best here because the word emphasizes variety rather than a single quality or a lack of something.

Think of it as the idea of a patchwork or collage—different elements coming together to form a varied whole. The other options refer to separate ideas: a sharply strong taste or smell points to pungent or acrid, not variety; insufficient means not enough; and mysterious means puzzling or hard to understand, which isn’t about variety at all.