Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate antonym from the list.

PIQUE

  1. Poke fun at

  2. Give hope to

  3. Neglect

  4. Mollify

  5. Dissuade
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Pique means to stimulate interest or to cause irritation/resentment. Mollify means to appease or reduce the severity of anger, which is the antonym for the irritation sense of pique.

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