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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The NASCENT industry needs government support."

  1. declining
  2. emerging
  3. foreign
  4. profitable

Answer

A. declining

Solution

NASCENT means "just beginning to develop," so its opposite is "declining."

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