In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Busy
Answer: B
It is occupied.
Busy means engaged in work at the moment. Diligent describes a habit of working hard, and preoccupied means absorbed in thought - which may be the opposite of getting anything done.
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Troglodyte
Answer: A
It is resembling a caveman.
A troglodyte is a cave dweller, from the Greek trogle, hole. It is used now of anyone thought to hold primitive opinions.
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Immune
Answer: C
It is exempt.
Immune means protected from something, whether a disease or an obligation - immune from prosecution. Unguarded and unprotected are its opposites.
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Notoriety
Answer: B
It is unfavourably known.
Notoriety is fame for something bad. Honour is its opposite, and obscurity is the absence of fame of any kind.
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Braggadocio
Answer: A
It is empty boasting.
Braggadocio is vain boasting. The word comes from Braggadocchio, the boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queene.
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Nascent
Answer: A
It is initial.
Nascent means just coming into existence, from the Latin nasci, to be born - a nascent industry. Dying and withering are its opposites.
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Brazen
Answer: D
It is shameless.
Brazen means bold without shame, from brass - the metal's hardness and its brightness both feed the sense. Shamefaced, modest and humble are its opposites.
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Anathema
Answer: B
It is something strongly detested.
An anathema was originally a formal curse of excommunication, and the word now means anything one abhors - the idea is anathema to him. Love is its opposite.
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Cavil
Answer: C
It is quibble.
To cavil is to raise petty objections. Appreciate is its opposite, and to munch merely resembles it in sound.
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Open
Answer: D
It is frank.
Open of a person means candid and unconcealing. Restricted and unavailable are its opposites in the physical sense, and sordid is unrelated.
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