Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word:
SCINTILLATING
a.Smouldering
b.Glittering
c.Touching
d.Warming

Answer 1

Hint: Try to understand the meaning of the given word. Now go through the options, recall what they mean and choose the one that means the same or is closest to mean the opposite of the given word.

 Complete answer: Synonyms are words or phrases that mean exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase. For example- ‘sad’ and ‘depressed’. Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context. In the given question, the word ‘scintillating’ refers to ‘marked by high spirits or excitement; brilliantly clever; having brief brilliant points or flashes of light’.
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'smouldering', refers to ‘showing scarcely suppressed anger’.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as its meaning is not synonymous to that of the given word ‘scintillating’.
Option (b.), ‘glittering', refers to ‘having brief brilliant points or flashes of light’.
Therefore, option (b.) is correct as its meaning is synonymous to that of the given word ‘scintillating’.
Option (c.), ‘touching', refers to ‘arousing effect’.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as its meaning is not synonymous to that of the given word ‘scintillating’.
Option (d.), ‘warming', refers to ‘having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat’.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as its meaning is not synonymous to that of the given word ‘scintillating’.
option b is the correct answer.

Note: If you don’t know the definition of the given word and have only used it in some given context previously, then use the given word in a sentence. Substitute the given word with each word in the options and choose the word which does not conflict with the context provided by the given word.