Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best option from the following that shows the nearest meaning for the italicized word in the sentence.

Her evidence totally refuted the charges.

  1. refused

  2. denied

  3. disproved

  4. repelled
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C Correct answer
Explanation

To refute means to prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false. Disproved is a direct synonym, making it the nearest meaning.

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