Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions…
2018
Directions : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Justice Kurian Joseph, one of the senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday said the courts had been imposing the death penalty “arbitrarily and freakishly”. Justice Kurian, in his judgment while heading a three-judge Bench hearing the appeal of a man sentenced to death, said the test of “rarest of rare” had been “inconsistently applied” by courts. The other two judges, Justices Deepak Gupta and Hemant Gupta, disagreed that death penalty was “freakishly” imposed.
Which of the following words has a meaning which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word ‘disagreed’?
- A.
bickered
- B.
haggled
- C.
contended
- D.
concurred
- E.
feuded
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Correct answer: D
The opposite of 'disagreed' is 'concurred', which means agreed. The other options are closer to arguing or disputing.