Question

Choose the correct synonym for the given word.
CONSECRATE
A) Create
B) Secrete
C) Purify
D) Make holy

Answer 1

Hint: Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning and to avoid repetition synonyms are used. For example: the synonym of beautiful is pretty and adorable.

Complete answer:
The meaning of consecrate is ‘having been made or declared sacred’. And we must find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as of consecrate.

Option A) Create - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of create is ‘generate or produce or make or design’ and this is not the synonym of consecrate because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Secrete - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of secrete is ‘produce and discharge or excrete or leak’ and this is not the synonym of consecrate because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Purify - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of purify is ‘clean or refine or cleanse or filter’ and this is not the synonym of consecrate because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Make holy - is the correct answer because the meaning of make holy is ‘set apart as sacred; consecrate. to purify or free from sin: Sanctify your hearts’ and this is the synonym of the word consecrate and they can be used in place of each other because they have similar meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘ D’.

Note:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning i.e. synonym of consecrate is make holy. So, the most appropriate answer is Option D because both the words same meaning and antonym are the words that are opposite in meaning and the antonym of consecrate is curse or condemn. Thus, Option D is the correct answer and other options are wrong.