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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "A PROVIDENT worker sets aside savings every payday."

  1. profligate
  2. prudent
  3. providential
  4. prodigious

Answer

A. profligate

Solution

PROVIDENT means "careful in providing for the future," so the most opposite is "profligate." Watch out: "prudent" means nearly the SAME as PROVIDENT.

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