Question

Choose the word whose meaning is different from the other words in the group:
Implicate, Arraign, Accuse, Defend, Incriminate
A)Accuse
B)Defend
C)Arraign
D)Implicate

Answer 1

Hint: The word, ‘incriminate’ is not given as one of the options. Incriminate means to accuse someone with proof of a crime, in order to show them guilty.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Since the word ‘incriminate' is not given to us in the option as one of the possible correct answers. Hence, we infer that the different words must be opposed to the meaning of ‘incriminate’. To find a different word, we will analyze the description of the words given to us in the options.
Accuse means to charge someone with a crime. We observe that the description of ‘accuse’ is similar to that of ‘incriminate’. Hence, option A is incorrect.
Defend means to resist, guard, or to protect oneself from attacks and in the given context, from accusations. We observe that the description of ‘defend’ is not similar to that of ‘incriminate’. Hence option B is a possibly correct answer.
Arraign means to get someone to the court for prosecution, that is, to answer a criminal charge. We observe that the description of ‘arraign’ is similar to that of ‘incriminate’. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Implicate means to present the involvement of someone in a crime. We observe that the description of ‘implicate’ is similar to that of ‘incriminate’. Hence option D is incorrect.
After analyzing the description of the word given to us in the options, we can conclude that option B is the correct answer.

Note: It is to be observed that similar words do not exactly mean the same but share similar meanings given to the context.