Find the synonym of the underlined word. Dogs were kept as domestic animals by early nomadic hunters.
A
Foreign
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B
Exotic
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C
Alien
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D
Tame
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E
Hazardous
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Solution
The correct option is C Tame The term 'domestic' can refer to a variety of facets like private, local, internal, tame etc.
In this context, domestic means tame. Dogs were kept as domestic animals mean that they were kept as animals who could be tamed. Hence, option D is correct and the others are not because they do not provide the appropriate information.