Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined…
2025
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined segment in the
given sentence.
She had been feeling tired and drained for several weeks. After a long vacation in the lap of
nature, she felt completely healthy, energetic, youthful, and ready to work.
- A.
rejuvenated
- B.
regal
- C.
remiss
- D.
indolent
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Concept
A one-word substitution question asks you to replace a wordy descriptive phrase with a single word that carries the exact same meaning, tone, and part of speech as the phrase, without adding or losing any sense.
Application
The underlined phrase describes how she felt after her vacation: healthy, energetic, youthful, and ready to work. This composite sense of restored vigor and freshness following a period of rest is exactly what the word rejuvenated conveys, so rejuvenated replaces the entire phrase without changing its meaning.
Cross-check
regal describes something royal or fit for a king or queen — a quality of majesty, not of renewed health or energy.
remiss describes carelessness or a failure to attend to duty — a lapse in responsibility, not a state of feeling refreshed.
indolent describes a habitual dislike of physical or mental effort — a disposition toward laziness, which is the opposite of feeling ready to work.
None of these three words carries the sense of restored health, energy, and youthfulness that the underlined phrase describes, so rejuvenated is the word that correctly substitutes the underlined phrase.