The verb dispose most commonly means which?

• A. To gather
• B. To make someone feel a certain way
• C. To arrange
• D. To get rid of or throw away

Answer: (D)

Dispose is most commonly used to mean getting rid of something or throwing it away. When you hear or see dispose of, think discard, throw out, or discard properly. For example, you might dispose of old batteries or dispose of clutter in a room. That everyday sense is what the word is asking about here.

The other ideas aren’t how people usually use dispose in everyday English. Gathering or collecting is more like accumulate, which is the opposite of getting rid of. Making someone feel a certain way is about influence or affect, not about the act of discarding. Arranging or placing something in a position can be a distant, older sense of dispose, but it’s not the common usage you’d rely on in this question.