<p>There has been a ______ of interest in the forensic sciences recently thanks to the growing number of top-rated criminal investigation shows on television.</p>
<p>A) waning
B) semblance
C) dearth
D) surge
E) lessening</p>
<p>The answer is D, but doesn’t C make perfect sense also??</p>
<p>Read the sentence without looking at the answer choices, and try to think of a word that could fit in the blank.</p>
<p>Good crime shows would promote interest in forensic science, so the word must be something like “increase.” Surge is the only answer remotely close to that. A dearth is an absence of something.</p>