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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "They tried to PROPITIATE the angry landlord."

  1. appease
  2. prognosticate
  3. provoke
  4. proselytize

Answer

C. provoke

Solution

PROPITIATE means "to appease," so the most opposite is "provoke." Watch out: "appease" means nearly the SAME as PROPITIATE.

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