Question

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word :
Enormous
           A. Soft
           B. Average
           C. Tiny
           D. Weak

Answer 1

Hint: To be able to distinguish between the given words, the meanings of the given word, and the options must be known or found out.

Complete step-by-step answer:

The given word, “Enormous” is an adjective used to describe something that is huge, gigantic, or large. All the given options are adjectives as well. Option a, “soft” means something that is pulpy, mushy or squashy, it is irrelevant to the given word, it cannot be an antonym, hence it is an incorrect choice. Option b, “average” is an adjective used to describe something that is mediocre or mean (in statistics), which has no relevance in the given context, it also is an incorrect option. Option c, tiny, is an adjective used to describe something really small in size, minute and clearly, it is the opposite of the given word, hence is the correct option. Option d, weak, means puny, fragile, or delicate, it is irrelevant in the given context, hence is incorrect as well. Clearly, all the given options, other than option c, tiny, are more or less irrelevant to the given word. We are asked to determine the antonym, meaning a word that is opposite in meaning as the given word. Clearly, option c, is the correct answer.

Note: The most important part of solving this question would be to know the meanings of the given word and the options that follow. Here, the fact that all the other three options are pretty much irrelevant to the given word, to begin with, helps in the process of elimination. The last word remaining is the correct answer.