Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Question:
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s): Sewage from this company has definitely contaminated the vast area of the river, the habitat of many aquatic species
Reference explanation:
Correct answer: A
Knowledge: Vocabulary
Explain:
Contaminate – contaminate: contaminate, contaminate
A. pollute – tarnish: pollute
B. corrupt – corrupted: corrupt
C. defile – defiled: to make dirty, to defile
D. purify – purified: to purify
=> contaminated = tarnished: pollute
The wastewater from this company has certainly polluted a large area of the river, which is inhabited by many aquatic species.
Choose A
ADSENSE
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