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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The PEDANTIC teacher corrected every minor comma in the essays."

  1. nitpicking
  2. pedestrian
  3. lackadaisical
  4. pragmatic

Answer

A. nitpicking

Solution

PEDANTIC means "excessively concerned with minor details and rules," so the closest in meaning is "nitpicking."

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