Multiple choice

Directions: Against each key word are given five suggested meanings. Choose the word or phrase which is the same in meaning to the key word.

Bleak

  1. impossible

  2. unhopeful

  3. warm

  4. comfort

  5. kind
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Bleak can describe a landscape that's bare and desolate, or a situation that seems hopeless and gloomy. "Unhopeful" captures the figurative meaning. Positive words like "warm" and "comfort" are opposites.

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