Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word or phrase which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word. HIDEBOUND

  1. intransigent

  2. heterodox

  3. gracious

  4. impressionable

  5. indurate
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Hidebound means stubbornly conservative or inflexible, unwilling to change or adapt new ideas. 'Impressionable' means easily influenced or susceptible to change - the opposite of being rigid or hidebound. While 'heterodox' means unorthodox, it doesn't directly contrast with being inflexible.

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