Question

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

The brain like an unused limb, will atrophy if not exercised enough.

• A. thrive
• B. deteriorate
• C. succeed
• D. degenerate

Answer 1

The correct option is B deteriorate

Atrophy means waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Option B is the correct answer because “to deteriorate” means to get degenerates with time, hence it is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because “to thrive” means to survive hence it would be the antonym of the given word.

Option C is incorrect because to succeed means to successfully complete a task, which is not relevant to the word given.

Option D is incorrect because “degenerate “ means to breakdown and get destroyed , which is a part of deterioration and atrophy hence incorrect.