JAMB - English Language (2004 - No. 75)
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
Many people used to live in poverty?
Many people used to live in poverty?
instabilty
want
difficult
the slums
Explication
Poverty is a state of living in destitution, need, want. a state of privation and lack of necessities. Poverty denotes serious lack of the means for proper existence