Question

From the following words pick the odd word out.

• A. force
• B. intimidation
• C. shakedown
• D. bleak

Hint:

Three words involve pressure or coercion, one describes a mood or place.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Group the words by what they describe: three describe methods of pressuring or forcing someone, one describes an emotional or physical state.

1. Force: describes raw power applied to make something happen.
2. Intimidation: describes the use of fear as a tool of pressure.
3. Shakedown: describes a coercive act, either extortion or a forceful search.
4. Bleak: describes something desolate, cheerless or without comfort, unrelated to coercion or pressure.

Because three words share the theme of coercion and bleak does not, bleak is the one that does not belong, so option D is correct.