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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "We must CONSERVE water during El Niño."

  1. save
  2. waste
  3. store
  4. boil

Answer

B. waste

Solution

CONSERVE means "to protect from wasteful use," so its opposite is "waste."

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