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Which meaning of the vocabulary word patent is used in the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi"?
"You've cut off your hair?" asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor.
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O obvious
O bold
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The meaning of the vocabulary word "patent" in the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" is: - O obvious In this context, "patent" is used to describe a fact that is very clear and easily recognizable. Jim is surprised by the fact that Della has cut off her hair, and despite it being a clear and noticeable change, he seems to be struggling to accept it, hence the use of "patent" to emphasize the obviousness of the fact.

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