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WAEC SSCE - English Language - 2008 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.

His suggestion on how to deal with the thief was invaluable, but the police considered it................

Answer Details
The correct answer is (A) useless. The sentence suggests that the speaker found the suggestion on how to deal with the thief very useful, but the police did not think it was useful at all. The word "invaluable" in the sentence means extremely useful or valuable. Therefore, the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to "invaluable" is "useless." Therefore, the word that correctly fills the gap and is opposite in meaning to "invaluable" is "useless."