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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Even during the earthquake drill, the PHLEGMATIC guard stayed calm."

  1. mercurial
  2. pragmatic
  3. choleric
  4. unemotional

Answer

D. unemotional

Solution

PHLEGMATIC means "calm and not easily excited," so the closest in meaning is "unemotional." CHOLERIC (bad-tempered) is the opposite temperament.

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