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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The plan won the APPROBATION of the city council."

  1. censure
  2. appropriation
  3. probation
  4. approval

Answer

D. approval

Solution

APPROBATION means "approval or praise," so the closest in meaning is "approval."

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