WAEC - English Language (1994 - No. 1)
Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.
Polygamy is very common in Africa, whereas the only acceptable form of marriage in Europe is.....
bigamy
celibacy
polyandry
ordination
monogamy
Forklaring
The underlined word is "polygamy", which means the practice of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. Monogamy is the direct opposite. It means the practice of being married to only one person at a time.