Question

Out of the four given words, two of them are either synonyms or antonyms of each other. Identify the correct pair.

1. Limpid
2. Luscious
3. Acrid
4. Benign

• A. I, II
• B. I, III
• C. II, III
• D. III, IV

Hint:

Compare the words in pairs by their core meaning: clarity, taste, and gentleness.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This question gives four words, Limpid, Luscious, Acrid, and Benign, and asks us to find the two that form a matching pair, either as synonyms or as antonyms.

1. Limpid: means clear, transparent, or easy to see through, often used to describe calm water or a clear style of writing.
2. Luscious: means richly sweet, juicy, and highly pleasing to the taste or smell, often used for ripe fruit or rich food.
3. Acrid: means sharply bitter, harsh, or stinging to the taste or smell, the kind of quality that makes you wince.
4. Benign: means gentle, kind, or harmless in nature or effect, often used for a mild illness or a kind person.

Comparing all six possible pairings, Limpid does not connect meaningfully with any of the other three, since clarity of a liquid or of thought has nothing to do with taste or gentleness. Benign also stands apart, since it describes harmlessness rather than a taste quality. Luscious and Acrid, however, both describe how something tastes or smells, one being pleasantly sweet and the other being harshly bitter, placing them at opposite ends of the same scale of taste. That opposite relationship makes them antonyms of each other.

Let's summarize:

• Luscious describes a pleasant, sweet taste, while Acrid describes an unpleasant, bitter one.
• Because they sit at opposite points on the same taste scale, they qualify as antonyms.

The correct pair is Luscious and Acrid, so the answer is option (c), II and III.