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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The suspect managed to ELUDE the police for weeks."

  1. confront
  2. escape
  3. assist
  4. follow

Answer

B. escape

Solution

ELUDE means "to evade or escape," so the closest in meaning is "escape."

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