Multiple choice

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

Hope

  1. Feeling

  2. Desolateness

  3. Progeny

  4. Despair

  5. Depressant
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Hope is the feeling of expectation and desire for something to happen. Despair is the complete loss or absence of hope - the direct opposite. Feeling is a neutral term, desolateness means loneliness, progeny means descendants, and depressant is something that reduces activity, none of which are true opposites.

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