Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of-
FACADE
a) Hilly view
b) Exact copy
c) Aspect
d) Deceptive appearance

Answer 1

Hint: The dictionary meaning of the word in the question is ‘a a deceptive outward appearance.’ The word comes from the French word façade, meaning face.

Complete answer:
 The given word is a noun, which can be explained in detail as ‘the image that a person presents to others’. An example of a sentence with this word can be ‘Behind her façade of gentleness was a tough competitor.’
Now, we will examine all the options given below to find out the correct answer-
Option 'a' is ‘hilly view’, which means a view which has a lot of hills around, or mountainous.
Option 'b' is ‘exact copy’, which can be deciphered as xerox as well, as in, two things which are absolutely similar in nature.
Option 'c' is ‘aspect’, explained as ‘a particular part or feature of something.’
And lastly, option 'd', ‘deceptive appearance’ means ‘something which is not what it appears to be’. This phrase is the best expression of the term FACADE.
As we have examined all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the meaning of the phrase ‘deceptive appearance’ is the same as that of the word in question i.e. FACADE. Hence, option 'd' is the correct option.

Note:
If you can not recall the exact definition of the given word or any of the options, you can always move ahead by framing sentences by them as it delivers an approximate meaning of the word.