Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Antonyms

Question:

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

Reprove

Options:

Rap

Eulogize

Pummel

Keelhaul

Correct Answer:

Eulogize

Explanation:

The word that is opposite in meaning to reprove is eulogize.

  • Reprove means "to criticize or scold someone for doing something wrong."
  • Eulogize means "to praise someone or something highly."

So, the opposite of reproving someone would be to eulogize them, or to praise them highly.

The other words do not have opposite meanings to reprove.

  • Rap means "to criticize or censure someone severely."
  • Pummel means "to beat someone or something repeatedly and forcefully."
  • Keelhaul means "to drag someone under the keel of a ship as a punishment."