Question

The word similar in meaning to ERUDITE is:
A)Execute
 B)Expanse
 C)Academic
D) Settle

Answer 1

Hint: Erudite is to have or come across as being highly knowledgeable. It is an adjective.

Complete step-by-step answer:

From the hint given to us, we know that erudite is an adjective. However, we observe that execution, expanse, and settle are not adjectives.
Execute is a verb that means to carry out a given set of activities, performances, and strategies.
Expanse is a noun that means being stretched over a large area of something.
Settle is a verb that means to come to a conclusion, to reach an agreement, or to come to rest.
None of these words have a description similar to the description of erudite given to us in the hint. Hence, options A, B, and D are wrong.
Academics is associated with education or is a scholarly activity. We observe the description of academics is similar to the description of erudite given to us in the hint. Hence, we can conclude that option C is the correct answer.

Note: Academic could be used to describe a scholar or a student at any level of education, that is even a student of a school is academic. However erudite it is only used to describe someone who is highly knowledgeable such as a scientist or a researcher.