Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Synonyms

Question:

Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.

EXHORT

Options:

Dispensation

Emancipation

Tenacious

Encourage 

Correct Answer:

Encourage 

Explanation:

The most appropriate synonym of the word "exhort" is encourage.

  • Exhort means "to urge or advise (someone) to do something, especially in a forceful or passionate way."
  • Encourage means "to give someone courage or confidence to do something."

The other words do not have the same meaning as "exhort."

  • Dispensation means "the act of dispensing or the power to dispense."
  • Emancipation means "the act of freeing someone from slavery or from an obligation."
  • Tenacious means "holding fast or firm; not easily pulled or parted."