WAEC - English Language (2000 - No. 36)

From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

The foreman believed that with the augmented workforce, the construction job would take one more month to complete.

skilled

enlarged

hired

determined

"Augmented" means increased or enlarged, so in this context, it refers to the workforce being made larger.