JAMB - English Language (1982 - No. 64)
Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:
My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need
My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need
Abandoned him
punished him
disrespect him
disinherited him
despised him