JAMB - English Language (1994 - No. 7)
In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:
The lecture was merely obfuscating the issue with his endless examples
The lecture was merely obfuscating the issue with his endless examples
complicating
clarifying
confusing
summarizing
Explicaţie
The word "obfuscating" means to make something unclear, confusing or difficult to understand by giving too much irrelevant or complex information.
In the sentence, it means the lecture was making the issue more confusing rather than clearer.