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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The team suffered a painful DEFEAT in the finals."

  1. victory
  2. loss
  3. game
  4. match

Answer

A. victory

Solution

DEFEAT means "a loss in a contest," so its opposite is "victory."

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