Question

Choose the best alternative which best expresses the meaning of the word printed in italic bold in the sentence.
It was an ignominious defeat for the team.
A) Shameful
B) Unexpected
C) Unaccountable
D) Humiliating

Answer 1

Hint: Synonyms are the words that have similar meaning or same meaning. And synonyms are the words that can be used in place of each other. For example: the synonyms of beautiful are pretty and adorable.

Complete step by step answer:
We have to find the meaning of ignominious and the meaning of words that are given in the options. And both the words should have the same meaning or the exact sense.
The meaning of ignominious is ‘deserving or causing public disgrace or shame’. And we have to find the correct answer from the options given whose meaning is the same as ignominious.
Option A) Shameful - is the correct answer because the meaning of shameful is ‘worthy of or causing shame or disgrace or dishonourable’ and this is the synonym of the word ignominious as they have the same or similar meaning and they can replace each other as they have the same meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option B) Unexpected - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of unexpected is ‘not expected or unforeseen or unpredicted’ and this is not the synonyms of the word ignominious. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Unaccountable - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of uncountable is ‘when someone is unable to count or too many to count’ and this is not the synonyms of the word ignominious. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Humiliating - - is an incorrect answer because the meaning of humiliating is ‘making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride’ and this is not the synonyms of the word ignominious. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Note:
Antonyms are the words that are opposite to each other e.g the antonym of DISSUADE is persuade . Synonyms are the words that are similar in meaning. So, the synonym of the word DISSUADE is discourage or prevent. Thus, Option A is the most appropriate answer as compared to the other options.