Question

In the following question, four words are given of which two words are synonyms and antonyms. Identify those two words which are nearly the same or opposite in meaning and indicate the correct letter combination.
a. Elevate
b. Frugal
c. Exult
d. Lament

A. C – D
B. B – C
C. A – B
D. B – D

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we have to find either the synonyms or the antonyms .Words or phrases that are having the same or exactly similar meaning are known as synonyms while the words that have different meaning are known as antonyms.

Complete answer:
Option A is C – D is the correct answer as ‘Exult’ and ‘Lament’ are opposites.
Option B is B – C is an incorrect answer for the question asked as both the words ‘Frugal’ and ‘Exult’ are not related with each other.
Option C is A – B is an incorrect answer as both words that are ‘Elevate’ or ‘frugal’ are neither the opposite of each other nor they have the same meaning.
Option D is B – D is an incorrect answer for the above asked question as these two words are also not the synonym or antonyms of each other.

So, the correct option is option A.

Note: Meaning of Elevate is to raise or lift something. Frugal means to be careful with using food or money. Exult means to express happiness at someone’s failure and Lament means to feel sorry about something. By considering the meanings of all the words we can see that exult and lament are opposite words.