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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "A LUGUBRIOUS silence fell over the wake."

  1. jovial
  2. doleful
  3. lucrative
  4. ludicrous

Answer

A. jovial

Solution

LUGUBRIOUS means "mournful, dismal," so the most opposite is "jovial." Watch out: "doleful" means nearly the SAME as LUGUBRIOUS.

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