Discussion
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word to fill in the blank.
He claims to have a frugal lifestyle, but his expenditure is rather ______.
Answer: A
The antonym of frugal here is extravagant. Frugal means careful with money, and the sentence says he claims to be frugal but his spending is rather extravagant, which means lavish.
‘Miserly’ and ‘inexpensive’ are close to frugal, not opposite, and ‘loud’ has nothing to do with spending.
The word ‘but’ in the sentence signals a contrast between the claim and the fact. A claim of a frugal lifestyle is contradicted by spending that is extravagant, which is lavish or wasteful. A word like ‘miserly’ would repeat the claim and not contradict it.
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