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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "The SALUBRIOUS mountain air helped him recover."

  1. wholesome
  2. salacious
  3. noxious
  4. lugubrious

Answer

C. noxious

Solution

SALUBRIOUS means "health-giving," so the most opposite is "noxious." Watch out: "wholesome" means nearly the SAME as SALUBRIOUS.

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