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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The arrival of the swallows is a HARBINGER of the rainy season."

  1. aftermath
  2. omen
  3. harangue
  4. scavenger

Answer

B. omen

Solution

HARBINGER means "something that signals the approach of another," so the closest in meaning is "omen."

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