Select the word that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word: Sages and seers have cautioned that the path towards enlightenment is full of illusory traps.
- (a)reasoned
- (b)admitted
- (c)warned
- (d)refused
Correct — C, warned. To 'caution' someone is to alert them to a danger or risk so they act carefully — exactly what 'warned' means. Here the sages caution (warn) that the path to enlightenment holds illusory traps. 'Reasoned' (argued logically), 'admitted' (confessed/conceded) and 'refused' (declined) carry none of the sense of alerting to a danger.
- (a)reasoned — 'Reasoned' means argued or thought through logically; it lacks the note of alerting someone to a danger.
- (b)admitted — 'Admitted' means confessed or acknowledged something; it is not about warning of a risk.
- (d)refused — 'Refused' means declined or rejected — the opposite kind of act, not a synonym of cautioning.
Synonym-in-context: 'cautioned' = warned — to advise someone to be careful about a possible danger. The correct choice must share this 'alert to a risk' sense.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word nearest in meaning to 'admonished': The teacher admonished the students for being late.
- (a)praised
- (b)reprimanded
- (c)ignored
- (d)rewarded
Answer(b) reprimanded — to admonish is to warn or rebuke firmly.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the synonym of 'alerted': The guard alerted the villagers to the rising flood.
- (a)warned
- (b)calmed
- (c)delayed
- (d)praised
Answer(a) warned — to alert is to warn someone of a danger.