Question

Identify the antonym of the italicized word:
People understand speech in the context of their accumulated experience.

• A. gather
• B. dissipated
• C. partial
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B dissipated

An antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning to another word.

Option B: 'Accumulated' means 'gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.'.

'Dissipated' means 'dispersed or scattered'.

As you can see, 'dissipated' is the antonym of 'accumulated' and option B is correct.

Option A: 'Gather' means 'come together, assemble or accumulate'. It means the same (and not the opposite) as 'accumulated'.

Option C: 'Partial' means 'existing only in part, incomplete'.

These words do not mean the opposite of the italicized word 'accumulated'.

Hence options A and C are wrong.

Option D is wrong because the answer lies in B.