Question

Choose the word that gives the antonym of the word italicized.
The plantation workers were on a collision course before the labor officer intervened.

• A. circuitous
• B. retaliatory
• C. conciliatory
• D. perfunctory

Answer 1

The correct option is C conciliatory

The correct answer is Option C.

COLLISION means clash/ strike or accident.

CONCILIATORY means pacifying or appeasing.

Thus CONCILIATORY is opposite in meaning to COLLISION.

The remaining options are incorrect because:

CIRCUITOUS means roundabout.

RETALIATORY means an action driven by the desire for revenge.

PERFUNCTORY means carried out with real interest and effort.