Question

Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
EFFETE
A. Infected
B. Injured
C. Feeble
D. Sick

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.

Similarly, in this question, we can see that some of the words that have been given to us are similar in meanings whereas some are not. We have to understand the meaning and the usage of each word so that we can pick the correct answer from them.

Complete answer:
The meaning of the given word Effete is affected or over-refined.
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.
1. The first option 'infected' means being affected with a disease-causing organism. For example, “The deadly Corona virus has infected a lot of people in the world”.
2. The second option 'injured' means harmed, impaired or damaged. It can be used in the sentence such as, “There was an injured man lying on the road after the accident”.
3. The third option 'feeble' means lacking physical strength due to old age or illness. For instance, “The old man has become too feeble to earn his own bread”.
4. The fourth option, 'ill' which refers to being sick. For instance, “The boy skipped school as he was ill”.
5. Hence, we can clearly say that the word 'infected' is the perfect synonym of the given word.

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.