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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The discovery of the shipwreck was FORTUITOUS."

  1. accidental
  2. deliberate
  3. fortified
  4. gratuitous

Answer

B. deliberate

Solution

FORTUITOUS means "happening by chance," so the most opposite is "deliberate." Watch out: "accidental" means nearly the SAME as FORTUITOUS.

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