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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The agency was DILATORY in processing the permits."

  1. tardy
  2. dilated
  3. declamatory
  4. expeditious

Answer

D. expeditious

Solution

DILATORY means "slow, causing delay," so the most opposite is "expeditious." Watch out: "tardy" means nearly the SAME as DILATORY.

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