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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The novel's PEDESTRIAN prose bored the judges."

  1. prosaic
  2. pedantic
  3. inspired
  4. ambulatory

Answer

C. inspired

Solution

PEDESTRIAN means "dull, uninspired," so the most opposite is "inspired." Watch out: "prosaic" means nearly the SAME as PEDESTRIAN.

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