Select the pair of words from the options given below, that best illustrates a similar relation as the pair:-
Lively : Dull
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Employed : Jobless
Given pair: Lively : Dull → opposites (lively means full of life and energy, and dull means lacking interest or energy)
| Pair | Relationship |
|---|---|
| (1) Employed : Jobless (answer) | opposites as well (employed means having a job, and jobless means having no job) |
| (2) flower : Bud | an earlier and a later stage of one thing, not opposites (a bud is a flower before it opens) |
| (3) factory : Labour | a place and the people who work there (labour means the workers in a factory) |
| (4) Happy : Gay | synonyms, not opposites (in its older sense, gay means cheerful and merry) |