Question

The man felt ashamed because he knew that he had been wrong to steal. Find the synonym of the underlined word.
A. Guilty
B. Worried
C. Tempted
D. Phony
E. Impudent

Answer 1

Hint: Read each option and check what the meaning of each option is. Check whether any of the options’ meaning is the same as the underlined word. Replace the option in place of the underlined word and if the meaning of the sentence is still the same, you have your answer.

Complete answer:
Step 1 : Check the meaning of each option.
Option A, guilty means filled with guilt or regret.
Option B, worried means to worry or to take tension.
Option C, Tempted means desirous for something
Option D, phony means pretentious or someone who pretends to be something they are not.
Option E, Impudent means disrespectful or rude.
Step 2: Check the meaning of the underlined word. Ashamed means embarrassed and to feel bad about something, to be filled with regret.

Additional Information:

Synonym means words who have the same meaning. One word can have many synonyms. For example, synonyms of ashamed are guilty, mortified, embarrassed and humiliated.
On the other hand, when two words mean opposite of each other, they are known as antonyms or opposites. For example, the antonym of ashamed is proud.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A'.

Note: In order to get this question correct, you should enrich your vocabulary by reading a lot of books and making a separate chart of most common words, meanings, synonyms and antonyms.