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Choose the most appropriate antonym of the underlined word.
The committee adopted an antagonistic stance, undermining collaboration and escalating tensions during high-stakes negotiations.

The correct answer is

conciliatory

Antagonistic means hostile or actively opposed, as shown by the stance that undermined collaboration and escalated tensions.

Its opposite is conciliatory, which means intended to calm anger, make peace and bring parties together.

Truculent and rancorous mean aggressive and bitter, so they are close in meaning to antagonistic, while inauspicious means unlucky and is unrelated.

Hence, conciliatory.

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