Question

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
REJECT
a. Agree
b. Accept
c. Embrace
d. Adopt

Answer 1

Hint: A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, which means the two words are antonyms of each other.

Complete step-by-step answer:

The meaning of the word reject is to completely refuse or to oppose to accept or agree with something or someone.
So, here in the listed options, the option [b] accept is the correct one as it means to agree to take something, for.eg. To accept an apology.
The option [a] agree means to have the same opinion while having a discussion or solving an issue, hence it is not the exact opposite of the word reject.
The option [c] embrace means to accept anything willingly or enthusiastically.
The option [d] adopt means to legally take someone’s child and take care of him or her as your own child, which has nothing to do with the opposite meaning of the word reject. We only have to select the word which has the opposite meaning of the word in the question. Similar meaning words should not be taken into consideration.

Note: Opposite words related to the questions, might be confusing and it would be a bit difficult to find the correct answer. But once we understand the meaning of each and every word correctly and find the contrasting meaning for the given word rejected from the options, there will be no difficulty in answering such questions.