Question

read the sentence, and use synonym context clues to determine the definition of opprobrium. although people tend to react to new regulations with disapproval, i have never seen a proposed law face such opprobrium as the proposal to raise the driving age to twenty - one. based on the sentence, what does the word opprobrium most likely mean? a synonym for opprobrium? praise criticism punishment

Explanation:

The sentence says people react to new regulations with "disapproval", and "opprobrium" is used to describe the reaction to the proposed law (more intense than usual disapproval). "Praise" is positive, opposite of disapproval. "Punishment" is about penalizing, not a reaction of disapproval. "Criticism" matches the negative, disapproving reaction context.

Answer:

B. criticism (assuming the options are labeled with "praise" as A, "criticism" as B, "punishment" as C; if labels differ, adjust to the correct option text with identifier, e.g., if "criticism" is the second option, state the option with its text)