Multiple choice

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

TERGIVERSATE

  1. renegade

  2. turncoat

  3. antagonist

  4. intriguer

  5. partisan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Tergiversate means to desert a cause, party, etc.; become a renegade (a person who abandons a party, movement, etc. and goes over to the other side) ; apostatize, traitor. Partisan means a person who takes the part of or strongly supports one side, party, or person; often, specific, an unreasoning, emotional adherent. Hence, (E) is the answer.

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