There was a combination of agrarian colonising tendencies with the <u>assertion</u> of local landlord power that was able to assimilate pioneer peasants.
Directions: Each item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or group of words. Select the option that is <strong>OPPOSITE IN MEANING</strong> to the underlined word and mark your response on the answer sheet accordingly.
- A. insistence
- B. averment
- C. statement
- D. denial ✓
Correct Answer: D. denial
Explanation
ASSERTION is a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief. DENIAL is a statement that something is not true or a refusal to acknowledge something.