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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Their efforts to save the sinking boat were FUTILE."

  1. useless
  2. successful
  3. brave
  4. quick

Answer

A. useless

Solution

FUTILE means "incapable of producing a useful result," so the closest in meaning is "useless."

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