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The correct answer is: compensating 

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• Countervailing: To compensate for
• Compensating: To be equivalent to
• Argumentative: Having a tendency to disagree or argue
• Crying: Calling for notice
• Complaining: To express grief, pain or discontent
• ​Here, the word that is most similar in meaning to 'Countervailing' is 'Compensating'.
• Thus, option 2 is correct.

​The correct word is: Compensating** 

Additional Information

• Let's look at some of the synonyms of 'Countervailing'
• ​Counteract, equal, match etc.
• Let's look at some of the antonyms of 'Countervailing'​
• ​Approve, validate, permit etc.

The correct answer is: Harmless

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• ​Innocuous: Producing no injury
• Harmless: Free from harm, liability, or loss
• Abominable: Causing disgust or hatred
• Harmful: Likely to be damaging
• Useless: Having or being of no use
• ​Here, word that is most similar in meaning to 'Innocuous' is 'Harmless'.
• Thus, option 2 is correct.

​The correct word is: Harmless

Additional Information

• Let's look at some of the synonyms of 'Innocuous'
• ​Anodyne, benign, innocent etc.
• Let's look at some of the antonyms of 'Innocuous'
• ​Adverse, bad, baneful etc.

The correct answer is: Clarify

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• ​Elucidate: To give a clarifying explanation
• Clarify: To make understandable
• Calculate: To solve or probe the meaning of
• Summarize: To tell in or reduce to a summary
• Update: To bring up to date
• ​Here, word that is most similar in meaning to Elucidate is Clarify.
• Thus, option 1 is correct.

​The correct word is: Clarify

Additional Information

• Let's look at the synonyms of 'Elucidate'
• ​Construe, demonstrate, clear up etc.
• Let's look at the antonyms of 'Elucidate'​
• ​Obscure, confuse, befog etc.

The correct answer is: Enraged

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• Incensed: To arouse the extreme anger
• Enraged: To fill with anger
• Enthused: Feeling enthusiasm
• Inflamed: To excite to excessive or uncontrollable action or feeling
• Excited: Having a heightened state of energy
• Here, the word that is most similar in meaning to Incensed is Enraged.
• Thus, option 2 is correct here.

​The correct word is: Enraged

Additional Information

• Let's look at some synonyms of 'incensed'
• Anger, infuriate, madden etc.
• Let's look at some antonyms of 'incensed'
• ​Delight, gratify, please etc.

The correct answer is: Generous

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• Munificent: Characterized by great liberality
• Generous: Liberal in giving
• Well to do: Having more than adequate financial resources
• Respectable: Decent or correct in character or behavior
• Learned: Having acquired much knowledge through studies.
• Here, the word that is most similar in meaning to munificent is generous.
• Thus, option 2 is correct here.

​The correct word is: Generous

Additional Information

• Let's look at some of the synonyms of 'Munificent'
• Freehearted, fulsome, liberal etc.
• Let's look at some of the antonyms of 'Munificent'
• ​Illiberal, penurious, costive etc.

The correct answer is: Careful

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• Slapdash: Done too hurriedly and carelessly
• Careful: Marked by wary caution or attentive concern
• Violent: Use of harmful or destructive physical force
• Pervasive: Spreading through every part of something
• Scarce: Deficient in quantity or number
• Here, the word that is opposite in meaning to slapdash is careful.
• Thus, option 1 is correct.

​The correct word is: Careful

Additional Information

• Let's look at some synonyms of slapdash
• ​Haphazard, slipshod, aimless etc.
• ​ Let's look at some antonyms of slapdash
• ​Organized, regular, orderly etc.

The correct answer is: Polite

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• Acerbic: Sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic, or ironic in temper, mood or tone
• Polite: Marked by a lack of roughness or crudities
• The accused: Charged with an offense
• Unpleasant: Not amiable or agreeable
• Improbable: Unlikely to be true or to occur
• Here, the word that is opposite in meaning to 'Acerbic' is polite.
• Thus, option 2 is correct.

​The correct word is: Polite

Additional Information

• Let's look at the synonyms of Acerbic
• Acidic, caustic, mordant etc.
• Let's look at the antonyms of Acerbic
• ​Merry, amusing, good-natured etc.

The correct answer is: Accept

Key Points

• Let's look at the meaning of the given words
• Repudiate: To refuse to accept
• Accept: To receive something willingly
• Prefer: To like better or best
• Unite: To put together to form a single unit
• Explain: To make known
• Here, the word that is opposite in meaning to 'Repudiate' is 'Accept'
• Thus, option 4 is correct

​The correct word is: Accept

Additional Information

• Let's look at some synonyms of 'Repudiate'
• ​Decline, disapprove, refuse etc.
• ​ Let's look at some antonyms of 'Repudiate'
• ​Acknowledge, admit, confirm etc.

The correct answer is: Disagreement

Key Points

• Let's look at the meanings of the given word
• Assent: To agree to or approve of something
• Disagreement: The state of being at variance.
• Breakdown: To cause to fall or collapse by breaking or shattering
• Misunderstand: To fail to understand or to interpret correctly
• Dispatch: To send off or away with promptness or speed
• Here, the word that is opposite in meaning to 'Assent' is 'Disagreement'
• Thus, option 4 is correct here.

The correct word is: Disagreement

Additional Information

• Let's look at some synonyms of 'Assent'
• Consent, agree, accede etc.
• Let's look at some antonyms of 'Assent'
• ​Dissent, reject, deny etc.

The correct answer is: Harmony

Key Points

• Let's look at the meanings of the given words
• ​Rancour: Bitter deep seated ill will
• Harmony: Internal calm
• Animosity: A strong feeling of dislike or hatred
• Devotion: An act of dedicating something to a cause or activity
• Enmity: Positive, active and typically mutual hatred or ill will
• ​Here, the word that is opposite in meaning to 'Rancor' is 'Harmony'
• Thus, option 2 is correct

​The correct word is: Harmony

Additional Information

• Let's look at the synonyms of 'Rancor'
• Animus, antagonism, antipathy etc.
• Let's look at the antonyms of 'Rancor'
• ​Amity, civility, hospitality etc.