Question

Choose the option that means the opposite of the given word.
Exhume
a. Decipher
b. Dig
c. Integrate
d. Admit
e. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Here, we have to find the opposite of the given word. Try to understand the meaning of the given word. Now go through the options, recall what they mean and choose the one that means the opposite or is closest to meaning the opposite of the given word.

Complete answer: Antonyms are those words that express a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.
In the given question, the word ‘exhume’ refers to ‘dig up for reburial or medical investigation; of dead bodies’.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'decipher', refers to ‘convert code into ordinary language’.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘exhume’.
Option (b.), ‘dig', refers to ‘get the meaning of something’.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘exhume’.
Option (c.), ‘integrate', refers to ‘make into a whole or make part of a whole’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘exhume’.
Option (d.), ‘admit', refers to ‘declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of’.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘exhume’. Option (e.) None of the above is the right answer.
Note: In a question where we have to find the opposite of the given word, we sometimes do not have options which exactly mean the opposite of the given word. In this case, we have to select the option which is the most antonymous to the meaning of the word in the question.