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20 Jan 2022

diminish - v. to reduce, lessen, weaken He tried to diminish the effect of his mistake by alerting all those who might be affected.

arbitrary - adj. determined by chance, whim, or individual preference, and not by necessity, reason, or principle

The council made an arbitrary decision that all business must close on the weekends.

compatible - adj. well-matched, attuned, harmonious

Your ideas are intriguing but are not compatible with our goals for this project.

 

Which sentence below uses an antonym of the word diminish?

A. It was an ambitious plan to expand the music program to reach all interested students.

B. He had a habit of belittling the contributions of everyone but himself.

C. The rations of food we took on our camping trip seemed to shrink before our eyes.

D. Our school was able to decrease the number of dropouts from $10 \%$.to $2 \%$ in one year.