Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the bold part of the sentence:
War was not the only inevitable means to decide that dispute.
A) Indefinite
B) Imminent
C) Unavoidable
D) Improbable

Answer 1

Hint:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning and to avoid repetition synonyms are used. For example: the synonym of beautiful is pretty and adorable.

Complete answer:
We must find the meaning of inevitable and the meaning of words that are given in the options. And both the words should have the same meaning or the exact sense.
The meaning of inevitable is ‘that cannot be avoided or prevented from happening’ and we must find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as of inevitable.

Option A) Indefinite - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of indefinite is ‘not fixed or clear’ and this is not the synonym of inevitable because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Imminent - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of imminent is ‘usually used about something unpleasant almost certain to happen very soon’ and this is not the synonym of inevitable because their meanings are not the same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option C) Unavoidable - is the correct answer because the meaning of unavoidable is ‘that cannot be avoided or prevented’ and this is the synonym of the word inevitable and they can be used in place of each other because they have similar meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option D) Improbable - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of improbable is ‘not likely to be true or to happen’ and this is not the synonym of inevitable because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘C’.

Note:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning i.e. synonyms of inevitable are unavoidable,and antonyms are the words that are opposite in meaning and the antonym of inevitable is avoidable or uncertain. Thus, Option C is the correct answer as the question is all about telling the same or similar meaning of the word inevitable and other options are wrong.