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Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words. One who is sixty years old |
Sexagenarian Octogenarian Septuagenarian Nonagenarian |
Sexagenarian |
The most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words "one who is sixty years old" is sexagenarian.
The word sexagenarian is the most appropriate because it specifically refers to someone who is 60 years old or older. The other words do not have the same connotation of being in the sixth decade of life. |