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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Typhoon rains INUNDATED the low-lying barangays."

  1. drain
  2. undulate
  3. inaugurate
  4. submerge

Answer

D. submerge

Solution

INUNDATE means "to flood; to overwhelm," so the closest in meaning is "submerge."

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