Question

Select the antonym of the word given below-
Decay
a) Decline
b) Improve
c) Concur
d) Accede

Answer 1

Hint: The given word is 'decay' which means to become bad or completely destroyed slowly or to become weaker or less powerful with time. For example The food will decay if kept longer.

Complete answer:
 Decay is a gradual process in which a substance finally gets destroyed or becomes weak with slowly and slowly it’s complete destruction. For eg. The decay of plants and animals are converted into fossils fuels over thousands of years and then finally into petroleum.
We will see each option carefully and try to find out the meaning:
Option 'a' is decline. It means the gradual end of something. For eg. The decline of the Harappan Civilization was a major change that came out from the history of India.
Option 'b' is improve. It means to become or make something better. For eg. Ram improved since he got admission in this school.
Option 'c' is concur. It means to agree. For eg. He concurred to his father’s advice of doing business after graduation.
Option 'd' is accede. It means to agree to a request, demand, etc. For eg. He acceded to the request of the client so that the deal could be made easily.
After analyzing each option carefully, we came to the point that option “b” is the correct answer. So, the antonym of “decay” is “improve”. Hence, option 'b' is the correct option.

Note:
 All the other options are plausible distractions. The other options are not even related to the given word, so we will not pay any attention to them.