Question 20 - Next Generation Reading Practice Test for the ACCUPLACER Test

Which word is most similar in meaning to the underlined word in this sentence?

“Troy had shown up to his neighbor’s house and toiled over the job of laying the bathroom tiles for four long, strenuous, back-breaking days; now he expected remuneration for his time and energy from the man who had hired him.”

Hint

HINT: Be alert for words like better, best, more, most/mostly, main/mainly, major/majority, higher/highest, greatest, biggest, largest, preferred, ideal/ideally, closest, especially and primary/primarily in questions. They indicate that there might be other answers that could work, but the correct answer is the one that is the best of the choices given.

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