Select the word nearest in meaning to the underlined phrasal verb:
Small daily spends on cold coffee and late-night snack orders soon mount up, so Tanya now notes every rupee in an app.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → accumulate
A phrasal verb is a verb joined with a small word such as up, out or together. The two words together have a new meaning.
Mount up means to slowly grow larger in amount or number. Its closest meaning is accumulate. Example: If you skip the daily homework, the pending work will mount up before the exams.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) vanish | to disappear suddenly | The rainbow vanished within a few minutes. |
| (2) recur | to happen again, often more than once | The doctor said the pain might recur in winter. |
| (3) decrease | to become smaller in size or number | The number of sparrows in our colony has decreased. |
| (4) accumulate (answer) | to slowly grow or collect into a large amount (same as mount up) | Dust had accumulated on the old books in the store room. |