Question

Choose the one which can replace the
word printed in bold in the sentence
without changing the meaning of the
sentence.

1. Sheela spends her leisure time reading
novels.

II. Ajith had a lean body and cloud mange
to squeeze into the little space available.

● thin
● known
● spare
● familiar​

Answer 1

Answer:

1= we can change the word leisure into spare.

2 = we can change the word lean into thin.

Answer 2

The options with the correct answer is:

1. Spare.

2. Thin.

Explanation:

A word which has almost similar meaning is called synonyms.

Those words who do not match and are opposites, they are antonyms.

The question asks for synonyms which means choosing a word from the options given with the highlighted words in the question that matches with the meaning.

A few examples

Beautiful : Pretty.

Strong : powerful.

Muscular : Brawny.

Serendipity: coincidence.

These really help in enriching your personal vocabulary.

The highlighted words are leisure and lean

The closest match is Spare and Thin.

Leisure time entails what a person loves to do, his passions and private time when he can relax. Spare means the same.

Lean body means which has no fat or extra muscles and thin means the same too.