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Choose the word that is MOST OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the word in capital letters in the sentence: "Officials tried to OBFUSCATE the true cost of the project."

  1. obscure
  2. obliterate
  3. elucidate
  4. officiate

Answer

C. elucidate

Solution

OBFUSCATE means "to make unclear," so the most opposite is "elucidate." Watch out: "obscure" means nearly the SAME as OBFUSCATE.

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