Question

Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence:
The boy was incorrigible and a constant source of trouble to his mother.

• A. truant
• B. bad beyond correction
• C. rash
• D. dishonest

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

bad beyond correction

Option B: 'Incorrigible' means 'bad an impossible to change or correct'.

'Bad beyond correction' gives the same meaning of this word 'so bad, that it cannot be corrected'.

This word means the same as the given italicized word. Hence option B is correct.

Option A: 'Truant' means 'a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation'.

Option C: 'Rash' means 'acting or done without careful consideration of the possible consequences'.

Option D: 'Dishonest' means 'behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful or insincere way'.

These words do not mean the same as the given word 'incorrigible'.

So, options A, C and D are wrong.