Question

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of
JINGOISTIC
A. Victorious
B. Compromise
C. Cooperative
D. Dashing

Answer 1

Hint: In linguistics, there are many words which closely resemble each other in their meanings. But they are not exactly the same. These words are synonyms which are thousands in number. One can be baffled by the degree of similarity in these, but they are meant to be used in different contexts.
We just have to keep in mind their usage. This will clear all the confusions we have about these synonyms. In specific to this question, we can see that it is not asked of us to find out the synonym. But it is asked to find out such a meaning which can express best the meaning of the question word which is nothing but to ask the synonyms in other words.

Complete answer:
The meaning of the given word 'Jingoistic' can be characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy. In order to find the correct answer, we need to go through all the options one by one and find their meaning in order to get the right word that resembles the given word.
The first option 'victorious' means triumphant or a situation where someone has won. For example, “The French basketball team has emerged victorious in the recent tournament”.
The second option 'compromise' means an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
The third option ‘cooperative' is described as involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal.
The fourth option, 'dashing' is used for someone who is attractive, adventurous and full of confidence.
Here it becomes a little tricky to find out the correct option. We know that the word ‘jingoistic’ is to favor one's own country and become a superpatriot. In this regard, one being ‘jingoistic’ does not think to compromise with another nation in any matter. Neither the person wants to be ‘cooperative’ in nature. The word ‘dashing’ means ‘attractive’ or ‘adventurous’, where the narrow thought of ‘praising only’ your own country does not fit in. The word ‘victorious’ can describe the essence of ‘jingoism’. As being superpatriot about one’s own country and in order to be highly vocal to propagate one’s own supremacy among others, this feeling tries to be ‘victorious’. The notion of such feeling tends one to be engaged in wars and become ‘warmongers’. So, the option A is the correct option.
Hence the correct answer is option ‘A'.

Note: In this question, we saw that some of the words that have been given to us are similar in meanings whereas some are not. We understood the meaning and the usage of each word. This enabled us to pick the correct answer from them. Additionally, we have seen that we have to analyze the words as well so that we can get the correct alternative of the question word.