Question

Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the word printed in italics in the sentence.
This is blatant injustice done to him.
a. Conceited
b. Contorted
c. Openly hostile
d. Too obvious

Answer 1

Hint: Blatant means something which can be easily understood on the face of it. She told a blatant lie. This means everyone understood that she told a lie.

Complete answer: We have to find an alternative to the given word. The given word is blatant. So we have to find the word which is similar to the meaning of blatant. Something blatant means something which is very obvious. Thus, the correct option is d, that is ‘too obvious’.
Option a is conceited. Conceited means to be very proud of yourself. If you’re very conceited, it means you’re very proud of yourself. It does not make sense to use this word in the sentence.
Option b is contorted. To be contorted means to be twisted. The thing contorted is not in its normal shape. A contorted pipe means a pipe which is so twisted that it is not in its normal cylindrical shape. Contorted injustice does not make sense.
Option c is openly hostile. Hostile is someone who is very evil or wicked. The opposite of hostile is friendly. I will probably be hostile to a person I don’t like. Using this word in the given sentence is not making sense either.
Thus, we can see that option d is the correct answer and options a, b and c are all inappropriate for the given sentence.

Note: These questions are easy to attempt if the meaning of the word is known. If the meaning is not known, we can use the words given in the options to see if it makes sense. Eliminating the options is a smart way to reach the correct option.