Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.
 The superintendent was the principal speaker at the school board meeting.
A. Sole
B. Main
C. Outstanding
D. Director
E. Last

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we need to look for the synonym of the given word ‘principal’. 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 principal means: head of the school, first in order of importance, main, primary, foremost, etc.
Now let’s examine and understand the given option above.
Sole: the word sole means: only, single, not shared, or under surface of feet, etc. As this word has completely different meaning so it can’t be an appropriate option.
Synonym: solitary, lone, etc.
Outstanding: the word outstanding means: a great performance, surpassed performance, extremely good, excellent, etc. So it is neither related nor appropriate to answer for the given question.
Synonym: Superb, marvelous, magnificent, etc.
Director: the word director means: one who directs everything, one who manages and controls an organization, business, or a company, a responsible person of the school, college or any company. So this word is also neither related nor appropriate to the given question.
Synonym: supervisor, manager, boss, head, etc.
Last: the word last means: at the end, also used for time; period; an event, etc. So this option is also neither related nor appropriate to the given question.
Synonym: rearmost, end, hindmost, etc.
Main: Here the word main has the same meaning “in order of importance, primary, foremost, etc”. As it is related and defines the sentence in the most appropriate way, so the suitable synonym will be option [B] Main.

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.