Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the italicized part of the sentence.
The art movie I watched this evening has put me in a pensive mood.
A) Cheerful
B) Reflective
C) Confused
D) Depressed

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 pensive 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 pensive is ‘thinking deeply and quietly about something serious’ and we must find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as of pensive.

Option A) Cheerful - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of cheerful is ‘feeling happy; showing that you are happy’ and this is not the synonym of pensive because their meanings are not the same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Reflective - is the correct answer because the meaning of reflective is ‘thinking deeply about things’ and this is the synonym of the word pensive and they can be used in place of each other because they have similar meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option C) Confused - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of confused is ‘not able to think clearly or difficult to understand’ and this is not the synonym of pensive because their meanings are not the same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Depressed - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of depressed is ‘very unhappy, often for a long period of time’ and this is not the synonym of pensive because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning i.e. synonyms of pensive are reflective, and antonym are the words that are opposite in meaning and the antonym of pensive is unreflective. Thus, Option B is the correct answer as the question is all about telling the same or similar meaning of the word pensive and other options are wrong.