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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The agency PROMULGATED the new guidelines."

  1. suppress
  2. proclaim
  3. prolong
  4. procrastinate

Answer

A. suppress

Solution

PROMULGATE means "to make known officially," so the most opposite is "suppress." Watch out: "proclaim" means nearly the SAME as PROMULGATE.

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