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Direction for questions 84 and 85: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
The board members, accustomed to the luxury of being chauffeured to corporate meetings in company limousines, were predictably ______ when they learned that this service had been suspended.

A
satisfied
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stymied
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C
displeased
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D
disgruntled
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Solution

The correct option is D disgruntled
Option (4) is correct. Disgruntled mean dissatisfied, and suspended means stopped temporarily The term accustomed to indicates that the board member were used to being chauffeured, and the phrase they learned that this service had been indicates that the lirnousine service was altered in some way. It makes sense that the temporary stoppage of an expected luxury would leave the board members dissatisfied.

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