Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
During the war, the shipping lanes proved prone to attacks, so measures had to be taken to deter them.
a. Futile
b. Dangerous
c. Susceptible
d. Feasible
e. Impossible

Answer 1

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

Complete answer:
Option a, ‘futile’ means useless or fruitless and it is almost irrelevant to the given word, hence option ‘a’ is an incorrect option. Option b, ‘dangerous’, means risky or vivacious, which is, again, irrelevant to the given word, hence option ‘b’ is an incorrect option. Option c, ‘susceptible’, means inclined towards or vulnerable to, which has the same meaning as the given word and its context, hence option ‘c’ is the correct option. Option d, ‘feasible’, means practical, which is irrelevant to the given word, hence is an incorrect choice. Option e, ‘impossible’, means unfeasible, which has no relation to the given word and hence is an incorrect choice. Option ‘c’ is the correct choice.

Note: Here, one must clearly know the meanings of the words given in the options as well as the sentence.