Question

Choose the option that means the opposite of the given word:
Erudite
a. Ignorant
b. Unknown
c. Illiterate
d. Unfamiliar

Answer 1

Hint: The student should go through the options provided carefully and try to recall each of their meanings. Then the option which is the most opposite in meaning to the given word in question should be selected.

Complete answer: Antonyms are those words that express a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.
In the given question, the word ‘erudite’ refers to ‘having or showing profound knowledge’.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'ignorant', refers to ‘uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication’.
Therefore, option (a.) is correct as its meaning is antonymous to that of the given word ‘erudite’.
Option (b.), ‘unknown', refers to ‘not known’.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘erudite’.
Option (c.), ‘illiterate', refers to ‘uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘erudite’.
Option (d.), ‘unfamiliar', refers to ‘not known or well known’.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as its meaning is not antonymous to that of the given word ‘erudite’.

Note: Sometimes the given options in a question where we have to find the opposite of the given word do not exactly mean the opposite of the given word. If this happens, we have to select the option which is the most antonymous to the meaning of the word in the question.