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Choose the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in the given sentence:

Some leaders advocated for a politics of exorbitance in times of economic instability.

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✅ Correct Option: 3

Exorbitance means excess or extravagance in spending. Its opposite is austerity, meaning severe restraint and frugality. Lavish and extravagance are synonyms rather than antonyms, and supercilious describes arrogance, which is unrelated to expenditure.

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