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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The PHLEGMATIC goalkeeper never panicked."

  1. excitable
  2. stolid
  3. pragmatic
  4. dogmatic

Answer

A. excitable

Solution

PHLEGMATIC means "calm and unemotional," so the most opposite is "excitable." Watch out: "stolid" means nearly the SAME as PHLEGMATIC.

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