Question

Choose the word which is closest to the opposite in meaning to the italicized word and fill in the blank.
If your knife has become blunt, you should get it ____________

• A. filed
• B. polished
• C. pointed
• D. sharpened

Answer 1

The correct option is D sharpened

Blunt means (of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point. The opposite of blunt is sharpened, or make or become sharp or sharper. Hence, Option D is correct. Among the rest of the options, filed means smooth or shape with a file, polished means shiny as a result of being rubbed, pointed means having a sharpened or tapered tip or end. These options do not express the intended antonym, hence incorrect.