Question

Select the word which has the opposite meaning of the given word:
Inspire
a) Expire
b) Terminate
c) Dissuade
d) Nullify

Answer 1

Hint: The word inspire means to fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something. For e.g., “Mother Terresa inspires the world to be kinder and more empathetic.”

Complete step-by-step answer:
Option (a) “Expire” means to cease to be valid or come to an end.
This is not the opposite of the word “inspire”. Thus, option ‘a’ is incorrect.
Option (b) “terminate” means to come to an end in time. This is again not the opposite of the given word. Thus, option ‘b’ is incorrect.
Option (c) “Dissuade” means to convince a person to not do something or to not take a course of action. This is opposite in meaning to the given word “inspire”. Thus, the option ‘c’ is the correct answer.
Option (d) “nullify” means to invalidate something or to make something legally null and void. This is not the opposite of meaning to or related to the given word. Thus, option ‘d’ is incorrect.
Hence option (c) is correct.

Note: Inspire means to motivate someone to do something or to fill them with a desire or motivation while dissuade means to tell someone to not do something. Both are the opposite.