Question

The Washington state native has lived in Mississippi for thirty years; ____, she always feels betrayed by the stifling summer heat. Which is the BEST transitional word to add to this sentence

Answer 1

The correct answer is however.
However is a transitional word used to show an opposite meaning to something that was stated before. In the first sentence, we can see that this woman has lived in a particular place for many years. On the other hand, she cannot get used to the summer heat, despite having lived there for such a long time.