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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The child showed a PRODIGIOUS memory for numbers."

  1. prodigal
  2. meager
  3. prosaic
  4. extraordinary

Answer

D. extraordinary

Solution

PRODIGIOUS means "remarkably great in size, extent or degree," so the closest in meaning is "extraordinary." PRODIGAL means wasteful, a look-alike trap.

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