Question

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option:
The word “ominous” means _______.
a. bad omen
b. unpredictable
c. bright
d. unknown

Answer 1

Hint: Synonyms refer to words that mean the same. Understand the meaning of the given sentence. Look through the options to find the word with the same meaning as the given word.

Complete answer: A synonym is a word/phrase that has the exact or
nearly the same meaning as another word/phrase in the same language, for example ‘talk’
is a synonym of ‘chat’, as they convey the same meaning as each other, which
means that they can replace each other in a sentence. The word ‘ominous’ refers to ‘giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious'. This word is usually used as an adjective and its adverb form can be written as ‘ominously’. Another synonym of this word is ‘baleful’.

Now, we know the meaning and usage of the given word. Let’s look at the given