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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The COMPLAISANT tenant accepted every new rule."

  1. obliging
  2. obstinate
  3. complacent
  4. complicit

Answer

B. obstinate

Solution

COMPLAISANT means "eager to please," so the most opposite is "obstinate." Watch out: "obliging" means nearly the SAME as COMPLAISANT.

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