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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The RAPACIOUS developer cleared the forest for profit."

  1. avaricious
  2. rapturous
  3. selfless
  4. capacious

Answer

C. selfless

Solution

RAPACIOUS means "aggressively greedy," so the most opposite is "selfless." Watch out: "avaricious" means nearly the SAME as RAPACIOUS.

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