In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Contradict
Answer: D
It is to oppose by words.
To contradict is to assert the opposite of what has been said, from the Latin for speaking against. To support is its opposite, and predict merely shares the prefix.
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Sage
Answer: A
It is wise man.
A sage is a person of profound wisdom. Fool is its opposite; the herb of the same name is a separate word, from the Latin for healing.
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Ludicrous
Answer: B
It is ridiculous.
Ludicrous means laughably absurd, from the Latin ludus, a game - the same root as ludo and interlude. Profitable and excessive are unrelated.
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Delete
Answer: B
It is erase.
To delete is to remove written matter, from the Latin for blotting out. Reveal is its opposite in effect.
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Atrophy
Answer: A
It is wither.
To atrophy is to waste away from disuse or lack of nourishment, from the Greek for without nourishment. Grow and spread are its opposites.
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Deteriorate
Answer: C
It is to make worse.
To deteriorate is to become worse, from the Latin deterior, worse. Recover, strengthen and appreciate - in the sense of rising in value - are all its opposites.
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Adage
Answer: A
It is proverb.
An adage is a traditional saying expressing a common observation. Supplement and hardness are unrelated; the word has no connection with age, despite the look of it.
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Verbatim
Answer: A
It is word for word.
Verbatim is Latin for exactly that. In summary is its opposite - a summary keeps the sense and drops the words.
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Jargon
Answer: A
It is unintelligible speech.
Jargon is the special vocabulary of a trade or group, and so unintelligible to outsiders. The word once meant the twittering of birds.
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Stilted
Answer: A
It is artificial.
Stilted means stiff and unnatural in style, from stilts - the writing raised above ordinary speech and moving awkwardly on it. Fashionable and senseless describe other faults.
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