Question

The synonym of ATTENUATE is:
a) Repent
b) Make thin
c) Force
d) Divide

Answer 1

Hint: Synonyms are those words that we can use to prevent repeated use of a single word in a sentence because they share similar meaning. So, you need to find a word that shares similar meaning to – attenuate.

Complete answer : Now, to answer the question let us look into the options that we have with us:
Option a: Repent means to feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.
Option b: Make thin means to reduce something.
Option c: Force means to apply coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence.
Option d: Divide means to separate or be separated into parts.
Now, let us look into the given word, which is – Attenuate which means to reduce the force, effect, or value of something (someone).
We can understand from the explained meanings we can clearly see that option – ‘b’ fits the description of the given word – attenuate. Hence, the correct solution would be – option ‘b’, i.e. make thin.
The other options i.e. – option ‘a’ and ‘c’ are unrelated.
option‘d’ means to reduce to smaller parts and not just the action of reduction which is indicated by the given word, hence that is also incorrect.

Hence option ‘b’ is the correct answer.

Note: Try and narrow down your answers to a couple of options and then eliminate the one that has less similarity to the word ‘attenuate’. To Attenuate means to reduce the force, or effect of something, basically to erode something to a small portion.