Select the correct word from the given options which carries a similar meaning to the underlined word:
Architecture
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Construction
Architecture is the art of designing and building structures, and also the style in which a building is made. Its synonym is construction.
Example: The Taj Mahal is famous for its Mughal architecture.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Modernization | bringing something up to date with new methods or equipment (it can apply to anything, not only to designing and building) | The modernization of the railways is under way. |
| (2) Sombre | dark and dull, or serious and sad (it describes a colour or a mood, not building) | The mood at the meeting was sombre. |
| (3) Construction (answer) | the work of building something, or the way in which it is built (both words deal with the making of buildings) | The construction of the new bridge took two years. |
| (4) Melancholy | a deep, lasting sadness (a feeling that has no link with buildings) | A feeling of melancholy came over him as he left his village. |
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