Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
Deciding that the terrible accident was largely due to his reckless driving, the police revoked his driver’s license.
a) Reconsidered
b) Exorcised
c) Cancelled
d) Investigated
e) Examined

Answer 1

Hint: Synonyms can be defined as - one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses. Here, you need to find a word that shares similar meaning with the underlined word.

Complete answer:
Before attempting to answer the question let us look into the meaning of the word – ‘Revoke’. The word means – to officially cancel, take back or call off a decree, decision, or promise. For e.g. ‘The men appealed not-guilty before the judge and his sentence was revoked"
Now, let us understand the context in which the word revoked is being used in the above given sentence – "Deciding that the terrible accident was largely due to his reckless driving, the police revoked his driver's license”. Here, the word revoked indicates his license being ‘cancelled’.

Therefore, by taking the above explanation into consideration we can see that in the given options - option ‘c’ represents the correct answer, which is -cancelled.

Whereas, the other options do not provide the appropriate information or insight that is needed to fit as a synonym to the underlined word. Hence they are incorrect solutions.


Note: In situations where the meanings of the given options are not clear, use the elimination method and remove the words that you think are least likely to be right. That way you will have a clearer picture.