Identify the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
Her evasive responses to our questions made us wonder if we were right in our judgment of her.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Accessible
Evasive means avoiding a direct answer, unwilling to be open. Her replies dodged the questions, which made the speakers doubt their judgement of her. Its antonym is accessible.
Example: The minister gave an evasive reply to the reporter.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Accessible (answer) | easy to approach, reach or understand (an accessible person or answer is open and easy to deal with, and responses that hide things and responses that are open and easy to understand are opposed) | The new principal is friendly and accessible to every student. |
| (2) Ephemeral | lasting a very short time (it is about duration, not openness) | Fame on social media is often ephemeral. |
| (3) Evanescent | quickly fading from sight or memory, close to ephemeral (it does not oppose evasive) | The evanescent rainbow vanished in a minute. |
| (4) Abstruse | hard to understand (abstruse answers would be unclear like evasive ones, so the word is nearer in sense than opposite) | The professor's lecture on philosophy was too abstruse for us. |
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