JAMB - English Language (1997 - No. 16)
Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
He urged other progressives in the country to join forces with his association.
He urged other progressives in the country to join forces with his association.
radicals
conservatives
pessimists
activists
Forklaring
In the context of the sentence, "progressives" refers to people who are generally supporting or advocating for social or political change and reform. To find the opposite, we need a term that refers to people who typically oppose such changes or prefer traditional systems. Conservatives are people who prefer to maintain traditional values and resist change. This is the opposite of progressives, who advocate for change.