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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Only two copies of the original manuscript are still EXTANT."

  1. extinct
  2. exotic
  3. surviving
  4. exorbitant

Answer

C. surviving

Solution

EXTANT means "still in existence," so the closest in meaning is "surviving."

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