Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
 That the smaller companies should merge with the larger ones is inescapable.
A. Urgent
B. Unavoidable
C. Important
D. Necessary
E. Arduous

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we need to look for the synonym of the given word ‘inescapable’. Let us first understand what synonyms mean – Two words with a nearly common meaning or same meaning words are called synonyms.

Complete answer:
 The word inescapable means: unavoidable, something that cannot be avoided, inevitable, incapable of being ignored, etc.
Now let’s examine and understand the given option above.
> Urgent: the word urgent means: something that is very necessary to be done, immediate requiring, etc. As this word has different meaning so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: top-priority, important, emergency, etc.
> Important: the word important means: very necessary, something that has great value, etc. As this word has different meaning so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: main, prime, major, etc.
> Necessary: the word necessary means: needed to be done, achieved, compulsory, indispensable, something that is needed for a purpose, etc. As this word has different meaning so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: mandatory, required, obligatory, etc.
> Arduous: the word arduous means: tiring, very difficult, hard, laborious, etc. So this word has completely different meaning and it can’t be an appropriate answer for the given question.
Synonym: onerous, difficult, etc.
> Unavoidable: Here the word unavoidable has the same meaning “inescapable, something that cannot be avoided, inevitable, incapable of being ignored, etc”. As it is related and defines the sentence in the most appropriate way, so the suitable synonym will be option [B] Unavoidable.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Note: Studying of different vocabulary words is necessary.
Try to identify the meaning of the word and evaluate whether it has a positive negative or neutral connotation.