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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

It is entirely up to you to make a profession of your faith

A
confess your belief
B
turn your faith into a business
C
deny your faith
D
loudly proclaim your religion
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

He won the election because he was able to carry his people along with him

A
alienate his people
B
go out with the people
C
have the support of the people
D
fail to provide the people with transport
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

They often quarrelled before leaving the house but made it up by the time they returned home

A
added it up
B
reconciled
C
fell out
D
compounded the problem
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

The effect of rising prices has snowballed considerably

A
risen
B
decreased
C
frozen
D
grown
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

The economic situation is responsible for the recent discord in many families

A
division
B
resourcefulness
C
harmony
D
suffering
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

The college was worried about Tunji;s garrulous tendency

A
reticent
B
loqacious
C
quarrelsome
D
outspoken
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

We have found that cassava is a sine qua non item in our industry

A
useful
B
indispensable
C
useless
D
dispensable
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

Science may be a complicated area of learning, but its teaching needs to be demystified

A
simplfied
B
twisted
C
made difficult
D
distorted
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

Surveying the sky in the quiet of the night gives me an ethereal feeling

A
human
B
earthly
C
mundane
D
commonplace
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In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

The awareness of mortality has always imposed some restraint on man's excesses

A
celestial
B
eternity
C
continuity
D
inexistence
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