Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word-
Tepid
(a)Hot
(b)Warm
(c)Cold
(d)Boiling

Answer 1

Hint: The given word is 'tepid' which is an adjective and is used to describe the quality or state of a noun or a pronoun. Try to recall its meaning, then go through the given options and choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word, that is, its synonym.

Complete answer: A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another; they are synonymous. The given word 'tepid' is 'temporarily warm or lukewarm'. Some synonyms of the word 'tepid’ are dull, mild, half-hearted, unenthusiastic, warm, etc. For eg. She lifted her canteen and allowed herself a swallow of the tepid water.
We will look at each option carefully and try to find out the meaning and figure out the answer through it:
Option ‘a’ hot means having a high degree of heat or a high temperature. For eg. Sunday dawned a sunny hot July day.
Option ‘b’ warm means of or at fairly or comfortable high temperature. For eg. He touched her, and familiar warmth flashed through her, easing the pain.
Option 'c' cold of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body. For eg. She felt as though a cold hand grasped her stomach and squeezed hard.
Option ‘d’ boiling means the action of bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour. For eg., Something was boiling in a small cauldron at the edge of the fire and a soldier in a peaked cap and blue overcoat, lit up by the fire, was kneeling beside it stirring its contents with a ramrod.
Hence, option 'b', warm, is the correct option.

Note: Here, 'warm' and 'hot' may look similar but in reality, 'warm' is less hot. For such questions, when a particular answer is not clear, try out the elimination method.