Oil flows upward in the wick of a lantern because of the liquid property called

A. capillarity.

B. meniscusity.

C. viscosity.

D. density.

Capillarity The state of being capillary; the attraction and repulsion of molecules on the surface of a liquid in contact with a solid, as the walls of it's container, which results in the rise or fall of a liquid when in narrow tubes or fibers, or in the wetting of a solid by a liquid.