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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "His SPECIOUS excuse fooled no one."

  1. fallacious
  2. spacious
  3. valid
  4. specific

Answer

C. valid

Solution

SPECIOUS means "superficially plausible but wrong," so the most opposite is "valid." Watch out: "fallacious" means nearly the SAME as SPECIOUS.

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