Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
Although Margaret tried to deny the fact, all her friends were sure that she dyed her gray hair red.
a. Encode
b. Envy
c. Assemble
d. Convene
e. Reject

Answer 1

Hint: Synonym is a word that means the same as the given word. The given word is ‘deny’, which means refuse, decline or reject. One must look for words synonymous to the given word, for the correct answer. 

Correct solution: We have discussed the meaning of the underlined word above.
Option a, “encode” means to convert into a coded form and it is irrelevant to the context of the given word, hence option ‘a’ is an incorrect option.
Option b, ‘envy’ means jealousy, which is irrelevant to the context of the given word, hence option b is an incorrect option.
Option c, ‘assemble’ means gather, collect, or meet, which is irrelevant to the given word and its context, hence option c is an incorrect option.
Option d, ‘convene’ means summon, call or order, which again is completely irrelevant to the given word, hence is incorrect as well.
Option e, ‘reject’, means turn down or decline, similar in meaning to the given word, hence is the correct choice. Option e, is the correct choice.
 
Note:  Try to replace the given word with the options to see if the meaning of the sentence remains the same.Here, replacing ‘deny’ with reject is not changing the meaning of the sentence.
”Although Margaret tried to reject the fact, all her friends were sure that she dyed her gray hair red.”