Choose the correct synonym of the following word: OSTRACISE
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Outcast
Ostracise means to shut someone out of a group or society, to refuse to accept someone. Its synonym is outcast.
Example: The villagers ostracised the family after the quarrel.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Subsume | to include something within a larger group (it is close to the opposite of shutting someone out) | The two small banks were subsumed into a larger one. |
| (2) Outcast (answer) | a person who has been driven out of a group or society (it names the person who is ostracised) | After the scandal he lived like an outcast. |
| (3) Output | the amount of something produced (it has no link with shutting people out) | The factory doubled its output this year. |
| (4) Outsmart | to defeat someone by being cleverer (it is not about rejecting someone from a group) | The fox outsmarted the hunters. |