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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Proper planning can OBVIATE many problems."

  1. necessitate
  2. preclude
  3. abbreviate
  4. oscillate

Answer

A. necessitate

Solution

OBVIATE means "to remove or prevent (a need)," so the most opposite is "necessitate." Watch out: "preclude" means nearly the SAME as OBVIATE.

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