Question

As used in the story, which is the best antonym for cursory?

• A. angry and wilful
• B. fast and intelligent
• C. slow and deliberate
• D. slow and superficial

Answer 1

The correct option is C slow and deliberate

cursory (adjective): quick; superficial; hasty. In paragraph , when the narrator gives the checklist from the newspaper a cursory glance, she skims over it quickly without really reading it carefully or paying attention to what it says. To read something slowly and deliberately would be the opposite of giving it merely a cursory glance. Therefore (C) is correct. Angry and wilful is not the opposite of quick. Therefore (A) is incorrect. Fast is more similar to cursory, while intelligent is unrelated. Therefore (B) is incorrect. Slow is the opposite of cursory, but superficial is a synonym. Therefore (D) is incorrect.