Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
The daring young man drove through the dark and filthy back streets of the city looking for his lost dog.
a. Bold
b. Cowardly
c. Persistently
d. Captured
e. Frightened

Answer 1

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

Complete answer:
Option a, ‘bold’ means audacious or daring and it is synonymous to the given word, hence option ‘a’ is the correct option. Option b, ‘cowardly’, means scared or weak-hearted, which is opposite in meaning to the given word, hence option ‘b’ is an incorrect option. Option c, ‘persistently’, means continuously or constantly, which is, again, irrelevant to the given word and its context, hence option c is an incorrect option. Option d, ‘captured’, means, captive or held hostage, which is irrelevant to the given word, hence is an incorrect choice. Option e, ‘frightened’, means scared or fearful, which does not mean the same as the given word and hence is an incorrect choice. 

Hence, option ‘a’ is the correct choice.

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