In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Propel
Answer: A
It is drive.
To propel is to drive forward, from the Latin pellere, to push. Jettison means to throw overboard, which moves something away rather than forward.
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Graphic
Answer: C
It is vivid.
Graphic means giving a clear and vivid picture in words, from the Greek graphein, to write or draw. Instructive and moving describe other effects a description may have.
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Duplicity
Answer: C
It is deceit.
Duplicity is double-dealing - saying one thing and meaning another. Artlessness is its opposite; the word comes from the Latin duplex, twofold.
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Germinate
Answer: B
It is sprout.
To germinate is for a seed to begin to grow, from the Latin germen, a shoot. Breed and produce describe other kinds of increase; decay is its opposite.
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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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