Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of a sentence followed by four words/groups of words. Select the synonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.

My jealous neighbour tried to ABASE me by making fun of my old car.

  1. confuse

  2. humiliate

  3. snub

  4. confound

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as to ‘abase’ means to lower someone in prestige or esteem and to ‘humiliate’ means to make someone feel very ashamed. This is correct in this context as the jealous neighbour tried to lower him in esteem or humiliate him by making fun of his old car.

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