GRE Reading Comprehension: Manhatton-GRE阅读Manhatton - 4JM5V6756DV30ZF7A$

Which of the following best describes the irony of the shifting meanings of the word pablum? A. A word for a passively absorbed source of nutrition is used for a substance actively fed to babies. B. Many babies would have died of malnutrition without Pablum. C. A word derived from Latin is still in use in modern English, although the meaning has changed somewhat. D. A cereal designed to be nourishing now lends its name to a word for something lacking in substance. E. Just as babies are fed bland food, pablum today means "bland writing or ideas."