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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The judge showed CLEMENCY to the first-time offender."

  1. severity
  2. mercy
  3. anger
  4. interest

Answer

A. severity

Solution

CLEMENCY means "mercy; lenience," so its opposite is "severity."

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