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Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence. One is liable to put in too much milk.

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Question

Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

One is liable to put in too much milk.

Options

  • likely

  • certain

  • eager

  • unlikely

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likely

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