Question

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word-
PRETENTIOUS
a) Deranged
b) Small
c) Depressing
d) Humble

Answer 1

Hint:The dictionary meaning of the word “pretentious” is “attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually processed”. For example: pretentious art films.

Complete answer:
If someone is pretentious, he/she is characterized by an assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved. For example: A pretentious, self-made writer. It means to make an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious; full of pretense or pretension; having no factual basis, false. In the given question, we have to choose the word opposite in the meaning of “pretentious”.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer:
Option ‘a’ is Deranged. It is an adjective that means “mad or insane”. For example: A deranged gunman.
Option ‘b’ is Small. It is an adjective which means “of a size that is less than normal or usual”. For example: The room was small and quiet.
Option ‘c’ is Depressing. It is an adjective that means “causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection”. For example: that thought is too depressing for the woods.
Option ‘d’ is Humble. It is an adjective which means having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance. For example: I felt very humble meeting her.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the word opposite in meaning to the word “pretentious” is “humble”.So, the correct answer is “Option d”.

Note:
One must know the meanings of all the given options to find out the correct answer. Here, deranged can’t be the correct option because it means to be “out of one's mind”, which is not related to the given word “pretentious”.