Question

Choose the word/ phrase which is opposite in meaning to the italicized word/ phrase in the sentence.
He has bought genuine pearls.

a. inexpensive
b. unattractive
c. spurious
d. extraneous

Answer 1

Hint: A word that means the opposite of another word is called antonyms. They have contrast meanings. A specific or particular word can have multiple antonyms or opposite words.

Complete step-by-step answer:

The exact meaning of the italicized word ‘’genuine’’ is truly what something is said to be. So, the exact opposite meaning of the given italicized word is in the option [c] spurious. The word spurious means are false or fake. So, the opposite word or the antonym of genuine is spurious and the correct option is the option [c].
The word inexpensive given in the option [a] means something which costs less.
The meaning of the word unattractive given in the option [b] is something that does not look pleasing.
The meaning of the word extraneous given in the option [d] is irrelevant.
Hence, the options [a], [b] & [d] are incorrect as they do not have the opposite meaning as of the word genuine. They have their own specific or particular meaning.

Note: If you are sure that two or more of the words in the options have the same antonym, so that one choice can’t be an antonym for the given word in the question because then there would be more than one correct answer to the question. Students need to keep up their knowledge of words and vocabulary updated for answering such questions correctly.