Multiple choice

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

ABDICATE

  1. condone

  2. affiliate

  3. promote

  4. attack

  5. usurp
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Abdicate means to formally give up or renounce a throne, power, or responsibility. Usurp means to seize or take power wrongfully or by force, often without legal right. These represent opposite actions - one voluntarily gives up power, the other takes it aggressively.

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