Question

Choose the word that gives the antonym of the word italicized.
Adversity teaches man to be humble and self-reliant.

a)Prosperity
b)Curiosity
c)Animosity
d)Sincerity

Answer 1

Hint: Do not get confused between synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are words with similar meanings and antonyms are words with opposite meanings.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Adversity is a noun meaning a difficult or unpleasant situation.
Prosperity means opulence, to flourish or wealth. With this explanation, option a stands to be the correct antonym of the italicized word in the given sentence.
Curiosity means the urge to learn or know something. This word has no correlation to the opposite or the antonym of the asked question, hence option b is incorrect.
Option c is incorrect because Animosity means strong hostility or antipathy. This elucidation does not stand near the opposite of Adversity.
Sincerity means the absence of deceit or hypocrisy or honesty and genuineness. This makes the last option also incorrect because we can not use Sincerity as the opposite of Adversity.

Note: Read the sentence given in the question twice if you do not know the exact meaning of the italicized word, the sentence is self-explanatory to a good extent and then try replacing the word in question with all the options, one at a time.