Direction: Choose the word that is opposite in meaning (antonym) to the…
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Direction: Choose the word that is opposite in meaning (antonym) to the underlined word.
His explanation was too vague to be understood clearly.
Answer: C. precise — An antonym is a word whose meaning is directly opposite to that of a given word — it is distinct from a synonym, which shares a similar meaning. To identify…
- A.
unclear
- B.
confusing
- C.
precise
- D.
uncertain
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Correct answer: C
An antonym is a word whose meaning is directly opposite to that of a given word — it is distinct from a synonym, which shares a similar meaning. To identify the antonym among a set of options, each candidate word's own meaning must be checked against the given word's meaning, since word-relation questions often include near-synonyms designed to look plausible.
"Vague" means lacking clarity or precision — indefinite, not clearly or exactly expressed. Checking each option's own meaning: "unclear" describes something not distinctly expressed; "confusing" describes something that causes difficulty in understanding; "uncertain" describes something not known for certain. All three carry a meaning close to "vague" rather than opposite to it. "Precise", however, means exact and sharply defined — the direct opposite of vague.
This is confirmed independently: standard English thesauri list "precise" as the antonym of "vague", while "unclear", "confusing", and "uncertain" are listed among its synonyms — so among the four options, "precise" is the only word carrying the opposite meaning, and the other three restate the same idea as "vague".