Question

Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the italicised part of the sentence.

He enjoys vicarious authority.

• A. tenuous
• B. limited
• C. delegated
• D. wide

Answer 1

The correct option is C delegated

“Vicarious “ means acting or done for another, which means done indirectly or used as a substitute.

Option C is the correct answer because “delegated” means entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, Hence it is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because “tenuous “ means very weak or slight, which is incorrect as it is irrelevant to the given word.

Option B is incorrect because “limited” means less availability, hence it is incorrect as it is not related to the given word.

Option D is incorrect because “wide” means something that has a great width, incorrect because not relevant to the word.