Question

Choose the word which is closest to the opposite in meaning to the italicized word.
Like poverty, affluence can sometimes create its own problems.

• A. sorrow
• B. indigence
• C. exuberance
• D. opulence

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

indigence

Affluence means the state of having a great deal of money; wealth. The opposite of affluence is a state of extreme poverty, or indigence. Hence, Option B is correct. Among the rest of the options, sorrow means a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others, exuberance means the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness, opulence means great wealth or luxuriousness. These options do not express this antonym, hence incorrect.