JAMB - English Language (2023 - No. 73)
In each of the following sentences, there is one underlined word. From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
The test shows that the lumps are malignant.
The test shows that the lumps are malignant.
numerous
cancerous
dominant
benign
Forklaring
When something is malignant, it is harmful, malevolent, injurious. The antonym (opposite) of this is benign.
N.B: Malignant is also synonymous to cancerous.
N.B: Malignant is also synonymous to cancerous.