gracehopper17 wrote:
I have doubt in the second blank.
however, found him to be as (ii)____________ as he was officious. Officious and meddlesome are synonyms. And the two blanks should have two different qualities of Gomez. Otherwise "as meddlesome as he was officious" is redundant.
Please explain where I am wrong?
I think it shouldn't be antonym. The first blank is
complaisant and
affable are similar words, so the second blank should have a similar structure.