The rule of construction 'noscitur a sociis' implies:

A. Associated words take their meaning from one another

B. Reconciliation of incompatibility between the general and specific terms

C. Where there are general words of description following an enumeration of particular things, such general words are to be constructed distributively

D. Where particular words belong to a broad based genus, the court can not confine them to a narrower genus so as to limit the meaning of the general words

Answer: Option A