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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Trolls tried to MALIGN the candidate online."

  1. defame
  2. malinger
  3. extol
  4. align

Answer

C. extol

Solution

MALIGN means "to slander," so the most opposite is "extol." Watch out: "defame" means nearly the SAME as MALIGN.

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