JAMB - English Language (2012 - No. 45)

Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

Akin is an inveterate gambler

a selfish and self-centred

an extremely unlucky but popular

an incurable but fearful

a long time incorrigible

Inveterate; of one having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.

Incorrigible; (of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.