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WAEC SSCE - English Language - 2015 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

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

The some teachers dissuade students from studying Mathematics, but others...them

Answer Details
The opposite of dissuade is motivate. In the given sentence, some teachers discourage students from studying Mathematics, but others encourage or motivate them to study. Therefore, the correct option is A - motivate.