Question

The modest acceptance speech of the Academy Award – winning actress revealed a _____________ that contrasted with her uninhibited screen performances.
a)Theatricality
b)Sullenness
c)Flamboyance
d)Reserve
e)Nonchalance

Answer 1

Hint: You need to find the word that contrasts in meaning with the word – uninhibited to fill the blank as then only would the sentence have some meaning.

Complete answer:

In the above-given sentence, we can make out that – the actress had a character (in real life) that was different than the uninhibited character she shows on the screen.
So we need a word that would show the opposite of the word ‘uninhibited’. So, what does uninhibited mean?
Well, it means to not have any restrain, or not suppressing one’s feelings and thoughts and expressing them without being conscious or restraining oneself.
So what would be the opposite?
A person who is kind of modest, restrained, and conscious in nature, the only word in the given option that reflects similar meaning to modest is ‘reserve’. Therefore, the correct solution would be an option’.
Other options are not correct because –
a)Theatricality means – the quality of being dramatic or something related to acting.
b)Sullenness means – showing irritation, anger, or being gloom.
c) Flamboyance means – the tendency to attract attention towards oneself by being confident or stylish.
d)Is the correct option.
e)Nonchalance means – the state of being nonchalant.

Note: While choosing opposite of a word try and choose words that are the exact opposite to the given word and not merely words that are near opposites or seem as an opposite