Question

Choose the word which is closest to the opposite in meaning to the italicized word and Fill in the blank.
Pleasure is __________ and not eternal.
a) immaterial
b) divine
c) spiritual
d) transient

Answer 1

Hint:Antonyms are those words that express meaning as opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.
In the given question, the word ‘eternal’ refers to something continuing forever or indefinitely.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'immaterial', refers to something of no importance or relevance, especially to a law case. Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘eternal’.
Option (b.), ‘divine', refers to being or having the nature of a god.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘eternal’.
Option (c.), ‘spiritual', refers to something or someone concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘eternal’.
Option (d.), ‘transient', refers to something lasting a very short time.
Therefore, option (d.) is correct as its meaning is antonymous to that of the given word ‘eternal’.

Note:
Sometimes the given options in a question where we have to find the opposite of the given word do not exactly mean the opposite of the given word. If this happens, we have to select the option which is the most anonymous to the meaning of the word in the question.