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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "He made only a DESULTORY attempt to clean his room."

  1. haphazard
  2. methodical
  3. sultry
  4. salutary

Answer

B. methodical

Solution

DESULTORY means "lacking plan or purpose," so the most opposite is "methodical." Watch out: "haphazard" means nearly the SAME as DESULTORY.

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