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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The LOQUACIOUS host barely let the guests speak."

  1. taciturn
  2. garrulous
  3. ludicrous
  4. lugubrious

Answer

A. taciturn

Solution

LOQUACIOUS means "very talkative," so the most opposite is "taciturn." Watch out: "garrulous" means nearly the SAME as LOQUACIOUS.

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