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WAEC SSCE - English Language - 2015 (Objective)

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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

While some workers felt that the term were amicable; others thought that they were....

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The underlined word is "amicable," which means friendly or agreeable. The word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to "amicable" is "hostile," which means unfriendly or aggressive. Therefore, the correct answer is "hostile" and the completed sentence is: "While some workers felt that the terms were amicable, others thought that they were hostile."