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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The SEDULOUS researcher checked every source."

  1. assiduous
  2. slipshod
  3. seductive
  4. sedentary

Answer

B. slipshod

Solution

SEDULOUS means "diligent, painstaking," so the most opposite is "slipshod." Watch out: "assiduous" means nearly the SAME as SEDULOUS.

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