Choose the best synonym for the underlined word in the sentence below: Those who can attempt carbon neutrality can try to offset whatever is left by cutting all the emissions possible.
a.
checkmate
c.
change
b.
neutralize
d.
redirect

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

B. Neutralize

Explanation:

To neutralize something is to render it harmless by enacting a countering or opposing effect. That is why it is called carbon neutrality in the first place. To offset something is, by definition, the exact same thing, therefore making neutralize the best synonym to the word offset.

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