Multiple choice

Directions: Pick out the synonym.

FIASCO

  1. retreat

  2. art of painting on fresh plaster

  3. explosion

  4. failure
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Fiasco means a complete and humiliating failure, especially one that is embarrassing or ridiculous. Option D 'failure' is the correct synonym. The other options are incorrect: A) retreat means to withdraw, not fail; B) This incorrectly describes 'fresco' (art on fresh plaster), not fiasco; C) explosion is not the same as fiasco.

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