Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
During the ten years he worked in Germany, he accumulated a fortune.
A) Made
B) Concentrated
C) Expanded
D) Decreased
E) Intensified

Answer 1

Hint:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning and to avoid repetition synonyms are used. For example: the synonym of beautiful is pretty and adorable.

Complete answer:
We must find the meaning of accumulated and the meaning of words that are given in the options. And both the words should have the same meaning or the exact sense.
The meaning of accumulated is ‘gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of or gather or collect or assemble’. And we must find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as of accumulated.
Option A) Made - is the correct answer because the meaning of made is ‘invented or construct or produce or create or assemble’ and this is the synonym of the word accumulated and they can be used in place of each other because they have similar meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option B) Concentrated - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of concentrated is ‘wholly directed to one thing; intense’ and this is not the synonym of accumulated because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Expanded - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of expanded is ‘being or having been enlarged or extended’ and this is not the synonym of accumulated because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Decreased - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of decreased is ‘make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree or reduce or drop’ and this is not the synonym of accumulated because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option E) Intensified - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of intensified is ‘become or make more intense or boost or escalate’ and this is not the synonym of accumulated because their meanings are not same. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning i.e. synonym of accumulated is made and antonym are the words that are opposite in meaning and the antonym of accumulated is dissipate. Thus, Option A is the correct answer as the question is all about telling the same or similar meaning of the word accumulated and other options are wrong.