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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The BELLICOSE rhetoric worried neighboring nations."

  1. belligerent
  2. bucolic
  3. pacific
  4. verbose

Answer

C. pacific

Solution

BELLICOSE means "warlike," so the most opposite is "pacific." Watch out: "belligerent" means nearly the SAME as BELLICOSE.

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