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? which word is a synonym for opprobrium?

Explanation:

1. For the first question, the sentence says people react to new regulations with disapproval, and the proposed law faced "such opprobrium" – so "opprobrium" likely means strong disapproval/criticism.
2. For the synonym, since "opprobrium" relates to disapproval, a synonym would be "disapproval" (or other similar words like condemnation, censure).

Answer:

1. The word "opprobrium" most likely means strong disapproval or criticism (based on the context of people's reaction to new regulations and the emphasis on the proposed law facing notable negative reaction).
2. A synonym for "opprobrium" is "disapproval" (or "condemnation", "censure" etc., depending on available options; since the original context uses "disapproval", it's a direct synonym here).