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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The court rejected the SPURIOUS claims."

  1. genuine
  2. false
  3. urgent
  4. detailed

Answer

B. false

Solution

SPURIOUS means "not genuine; false," so the closest in meaning is "false."

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