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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The PUGNACIOUS senator attacked every critic."

  1. pacific
  2. belligerent
  3. pungent
  4. punctilious

Answer

A. pacific

Solution

PUGNACIOUS means "eager to fight," so the most opposite is "pacific." Watch out: "belligerent" means nearly the SAME as PUGNACIOUS.

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