Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

PENURY

  1. Affluence

  2. Annihilation

  3. Degenerative

  4. Destitution
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Explanation

PENURY means extreme poverty, destitution, or lack of money. AFFLUENCE means wealth, abundance, and having plenty of resources. These are direct economic opposites - one represents having nothing, the other having much. Destitution is actually a synonym of penury, not an antonym.

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