Question

Find a word opposite in meaning to IMPLICATE.
a. Appease
b. Exonerate
c. Adore
d. Advocate

Answer 1

Hint: Words that have meanings opposite to each other are called antonyms. The word ‘antonym’ has come from the word ‘anti’ which means the opposite. An example of antonyms is hot and cold.

Complete answer:
The word in the question is ‘Implicate’. Now, implicate has two meanings. One is to show that a person is involved in some crime. The other meaning is to imply something. To know which meaning is being talked about here, we need to look at the options given. Since there is no option given which is similar to ‘imply’, the correct answer is option b, that is, exonerate. Exonerate means to clear someone of blame. Usually, some authority or an official body can exonerate a person. For example, Rahul’s company exonerated Rahul of the false fraud scam that he was accused of.
Option a, appease, is wrong because it means to pacify someone by conceding to some demand of theirs. For example, I tried to appease the local villagers by offering them a free medical check-up.
Option c, means to admire someone. Admiring someone is not the opposite of trying to show that someone is involved in a crime. Therefore, option c is the wrong answer.
Option d, which is ‘advocate’, means to support something such as an idea. Such support needs to be public. For example, many people advocate the idea of having a ‘no honking’ traffic rule to prevent noise pollution. This option is incorrect as well.

Note: When selecting an answer, we should always see that the meaning of the answer chosen is appropriate according to the given question. Therefore, all the given options must be carefully read.