Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word:
The word ‘Christmas’, which is from the Old English for “Christ’s mass” is believed to occur for the first time in the eleventh century.
a. Vanish
b. Recycle
c. Appear
d. Suggest
e. Revive

Answer 1

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

Correct solution: Option a, ‘vanish’ means disappear and it is antonymous to the given word, hence option ‘a’ is an incorrect option. Option b, ‘recycle’, means reprocess, which is irrelevant to the given word, hence option ‘b’ is an incorrect option. Option c, ‘appear’, means to fall on, which is synonymous to the given word and its context, hence option c is the correct option. Option d, ‘suggest’, means advice, which has no meaning in the given context, hence is an incorrect choice. Option e, ‘revive’, means refresh, which has no relation to the given word and hence is an incorrect choice. Option ‘c’ 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.