Item 5
Read the passage.

Every Fourth of July, competitive eaters meet on Coney Island in New York, to showcase their prodigious appetites at Nathan’s hot dog eating competition. One year, winner Joey Chestnut took victory after scoffing 71 hotdogs in just ten minutes!

Based on context clues, which dictionary entry is the best definition of prodigious?

prodigious \ prə-ˈdi-jəs \ adjective: exhausting

prodigious \ prə-ˈdi-jəs \ adjective: enormous

prodigious \ prə-ˈdi-jəs \ adjective: confusing

prodigious \ prə-ˈdi-jəs \ adjective: terrifying

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