Question

Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the bold part of the sentence:
He was a very docile person and thus the favorite of his neighbors.
A) Easily irritated
B) Easily managed
C) Easily disturbed
D) Easily fooled

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 docile is ‘ready to accept control or instruction; submissive’. And we must find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as of docile.
Option A) Easily irritated - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of easily irritated is ‘Irritable means easily annoyed or bothered, and it implies cross and snappish behaviour’ and this is not the synonym of docile because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Easily managed - is the correct answer because the meaning of easily managed is ‘or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition. easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled’ and this is the synonym of the word docile and they can be used in place of each other because they have similar meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option C) Easily disturbed - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of easily disturbed is ‘having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted or fitful or disconnected’ and this is not the synonym of docile because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Easily fooled - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of easily fooled is ‘trick or deceive (someone); dupe’ and this is not the synonym of docile because their meanings are not the same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence, the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning i.e. synonym of docile is easily managed, and antonym are the words that are opposite in meaning and the antonym of docile is wilful or disobedient. Thus, Option B is the correct answer as the question is all about telling the same or similar meaning of the word docile and other options are wrong.