Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Let’s say that you have no idea what INGRATIATE means. Instead of selecting an answer choice at random, scan the choices for words that have no easy one-word Antonyms. Can you think of a single-word Antonym for thank? Probably not—so it’s unlikely that choice (E) is the correct answer. For the record, to INGRATIATE oneself is to “work one’s way into another’s confidence”; to distance oneself is to “deliberately keep apart from another."