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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "He rose from PENURY to become a senator."

  1. destitution
  2. opulence
  3. penance
  4. parsimony

Answer

B. opulence

Solution

PENURY means "extreme poverty," so the most opposite is "opulence." Watch out: "destitution" means nearly the SAME as PENURY.

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