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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "His political ACUMEN won him the election."

  1. shrewdness
  2. acrimony
  3. accumulation
  4. ineptitude

Answer

D. ineptitude

Solution

ACUMEN means "keen judgment," so the most opposite is "ineptitude." Watch out: "shrewdness" means nearly the SAME as ACUMEN.

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