Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
Mrs. Taylor is exhausted today because all her students have been naughty all day long.
a. Inquisitive
b. Disobedient
c. Silent
d. Passive
e. Curt

Answer 1

Hint: Synonym is a word that means the same as the given word. The given word is ‘naughty’, which means bawdy or indecent, depending on the context. One must look for words synonymous to the given word, for the correct answer.

Correct solution: Option a, ‘inquisitive’ means curious or agog and it is irrelevant to the given word, hence option ‘a’ is an incorrect option. Option b, ‘disobedient’, means unruly, which is, synonymous to the given word, hence option ‘b’ is the correct option. Option c, ‘silent’, means quiet, which has no relation to the given word and its context, hence option c is an incorrect option. Option d, ‘passive’, means inactive or yielding, which has no meaning in the given context, hence is an incorrect choice. Option e, ‘curt’, means blunt, which has no relation to the given word and hence is an incorrect choice. Option ‘b’ is the correct choice.

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