In the excerpt from the first paragraph “To put it into perspective, Egypt’s current water demand is 114 billion cubic metres of water per year”, t...

In the excerpt from the first paragraph “To put it into perspective, Egypt’s current water demand is 114 billion cubic metres of water per year”, the underlined expression means to

deny something.
normalize something.
speak rapidly.
conclude something.
compare with something similar.
(A) deny something.
(B) normalize something.
(C) speak rapidly.
(D) conclude something.
(E) compare with something similar.