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JAMB English Language 2012 Objective — Question 49

Question 49 of 100 from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) English Language 2012 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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He was very much respected, though he had no temporal power.

  • A. spiritualCorrect
  • B. mundane
  • C. permanent
  • D. ephemeral

Explanation

'Temporal' means connect with or limited by time, connected with real physical, non-spiritual matters, brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, momentary, shortlived. The opposite is spiritual.

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