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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The PRODIGAL son spent his inheritance in a year."

  1. wasteful
  2. thrifty
  3. eldest
  4. rebellious

Answer

B. thrifty

Solution

PRODIGAL means "spending money recklessly," so its opposite is "thrifty."

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