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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The union refused to ACQUIESCE to management's demands."

  1. comply
  2. listen
  3. respond
  4. resist

Answer

D. resist

Solution

ACQUIESCE means "to accept something reluctantly without protest," so its opposite is "resist."

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