Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word: She rebuffed all suggestions from her friends.
- (a)took
- (b)rejected
- (c)criticized
- (d)granted
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, rejected. To 'rebuff' is to refuse or turn down bluntly, so 'rejected' is the closest match. 'Took' and 'granted' point toward accepting or allowing — the opposite — and 'criticized' means to find fault, which is not the same as turning something down.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)took — Suggests accepting or receiving, the opposite of rebuffing something.
- (c)criticized — Means to judge harshly or find fault; a rebuff is a blunt refusal, not fault-finding.
- (d)granted — Means to allow or give, the reverse of refusing.
Concept
A synonym item — 'rebuffed' means bluntly refused, so its nearest match is 'rejected'.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word nearest in meaning to 'rebuff'.
- (a)welcome
- (b)spurn
- (c)praise
- (d)obey
Answer(b) spurn — to spurn is to reject with contempt, a synonym of rebuff.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the antonym of 'rejected'.
- (a)refused
- (b)declined
- (c)accepted
- (d)dismissed
Answer(c) accepted — the opposite of rejected is accepted; the others mean to turn down.