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My mom was optimistic that the camping trip would go well, but my dad was doubtful that we would have nice weather and enough supplies. Read the sentence. Based on the antonym context clue, what does the word optimistic mean? uncertain unprepared hopeful grateful

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the answer is hopeful
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In this excerpt there is an opposition of two different points of view expressed in two words: optimistic and doubtful. Based on the antonym context clue, the reader can infer the meaning by contrasting these two words.

Thanks to this analysis, we may say that the word optimistic means hopeful, in opposition to doubtful or uncertain.

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