Directions for questions : Choose the word which is farthest in meaning to the…

Explanation:

The word "recreant" means cowardly or disloyal — someone who is a coward or who abandons or betrays a cause or trust.

• Irksome: Means annoying or irritating. This is unrelated to cowardice or disloyalty.

• Saint: Refers to a very virtuous or holy person. While morally opposite in some sense to someone disloyal, it is not the direct antonym of cowardly.

• Courageous: Means brave. This is a direct opposite of cowardly and therefore is farthest in meaning from recreant.

• Renegade: Means a deserter or traitor, someone who abandons a cause. This is similar in meaning to recreant (disloyal), making it a synonym or near-synonym.

Therefore, "Courageous" is the word farthest in meaning from "recreant".