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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Clean water is SCARCE in some island barangays."

  1. rare
  2. plentiful
  3. expensive
  4. dirty

Answer

B. plentiful

Solution

SCARCE means "insufficient for the demand," so its opposite is "plentiful."

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