He is essentially a lowbrow person.
- (a)coarse
- (b)proud
- (c)passionate
- (d)pathetic
Answer
A
Why
Correct — A, coarse. This is a nearest-in-meaning item: 'lowbrow' describes a person lacking intellectual or cultural refinement, and 'coarse' (unrefined, crude) is the option closest to that sense.
Why the others are wrong
- (b)proud — 'Proud' is about self-regard or arrogance, not about a lack of cultural refinement.
- (c)passionate — 'Passionate' means full of strong feeling — unrelated to being uncultured.
- (d)pathetic — 'Pathetic' means pitiful or inadequate; it does not carry the 'unrefined' meaning of lowbrow.
Concept
A vocabulary item asking for the word nearest in meaning — 'lowbrow' means unsophisticated or lacking in cultural or intellectual refinement.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'highbrow'.
- (a)intellectual
- (b)cheerful
- (c)wealthy
- (d)rude
Answer(a) intellectual — 'highbrow' describes tastes or people that are scholarly and culturally refined.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the word nearest in meaning to 'crude'.
- (a)polished
- (b)unrefined
- (c)gentle
- (d)generous
Answer(b) unrefined — 'crude' means rough or lacking finish and refinement.