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Choose the word that is CLOSEST IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The INTRACTABLE traffic problem has defied every administration."

  1. unmanageable
  2. tangible
  3. transient
  4. malleable

Answer

A. unmanageable

Solution

INTRACTABLE means "hard to control or deal with," so the closest in meaning is "unmanageable."

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