Question

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word: REPEL
a) attract
b) concentrate
c) attend
d) continue

Answer 1

Hint: The word ‘repel’ means to drive back or repulse, to fight against, to cause aversion.
Example: The police fired tear gas to repel the protesters.
Example: No hardships shall repel your determination.

Complete step by step answer:
Let us discuss the given options to conclude the answer:
a) attract: The word attract means to pull, draw towards oneself by appeal or emotion.
Example: The lake attracts a lot of visitors.
Example: Magnets have a property to attract iron.
b) concentrate: The word concentrate means to focus or give attention to, mass, to gather, to accumulate.
Example: Your child needs to concentrate more on studies.
Example: Be careful of the concentrated solution of the acid.
c) attend: The word attend means to be present at, pay attention.
Example: He did not attend the meeting yesterday.
Example: He asked to attend the presentation carefully.
d) continue: The word continue means existence without break or interruption.
Example: You need to continue exercise to lose some more weight.
Example: Do not continue to write, as the time is over!

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Additional Information: The word repel is a verb, which is derived from the latin word repellere meaning ‘’to push away’’. The first known use of the word ‘repel’ was in the 15th century.

Note:
The word ‘repel’ consists of re- which means ‘again’ as well as ‘back’. It has two forms of adjectives, ‘repulsive’ and ‘repellent’.