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Choose the word which is closest to the 'opposite' in meaning of the underlined word Many snakes are 'innocuous': (A) Deadly (B) Ferocious (C) Poisonous (D) Harmful |
| Answer» <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Correct option (D) Harmful </strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Explanation:</strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Deadly :</strong> It means 'Fatal'. Hence, this is not a proper antonym to 'innocuous'. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Ferocious : </strong>It means 'horrible' Hence, irrelevant to the opposite of 'innocuous'. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Poisonous </strong>: It means 'venomous'. Hence, an irrelevant 'antonym'. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Harmful : </strong>It is a perfect antonym of innocuous which itself means 'harmless'. </span></span></p> | |