Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following questions.
The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense.
A. terminate
B. prevent
C. initiate
D. lighten
Đáp án C
Terminate: kết thúc
Prevent: ngăn cản
Initiate: đề xuất
Lighten: làm sáng