Women always … themselves in beautiful apparel.

Analyze the question: The sentence needs a verb that means to decorate or beautify oneself with clothing. It must also work with the reflexive pronoun "themselves" and the preposition "in".

Explain the concept: This is a vocabulary-in-context question. Look at the meaning of each word and at how it is normally used.

Check each option:

• A. adorn means to make someone or something more beautiful by adding decorations. "Adorn oneself in/with beautiful apparel" is a natural, standard usage.
• B. mar means to spoil or damage. It is the opposite of what the sentence means, because beautiful apparel does not spoil anyone's looks.
• C. trim means to cut off excess, or to decorate the edges of something, such as trimming a dress with lace. It is not used with "themselves in apparel".
• D. garnish means to decorate food, such as garnishing rice with vegetables. It is not used for people.

Solution: "Women always adorn themselves in beautiful apparel." This reads naturally and makes sense: women decorate or beautify themselves with beautiful clothing.

Answer: The correct option is A, adorn.

Exam tip: Match the word to its typical context:

• Adorn goes with people, places and objects being beautified.
• Garnish goes with food.
• Mar means to spoil.
• Trim means to cut or neatly edge.

Remember "Adorn = Add beauty". This helps you avoid the other options in similar questions.