Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Q.    Which of the following options is the closest in the meaning to the word below ?
    Inexplicable

a)    Incomprehensible
b)    Indelible
c)    Inextricable
d)    Infallible


Ans:    a

Explanation:

    Inexplicable: unable to be explained or understood

    Example:
     For some inexplicable reason, he's decided to cancel the project.
    Incomprehensible: impossible or extremely difficult to understand

    Example:
    These accounts are utterly incomprehensible. Can you explain them to me?
    It's incomprehensible to me why he would want to kill himself.
   
    Indelible:    1. describes a mark or substance that is impossible to remove by washing or in any other way indelible ink.

    Example:
    The blood had left an indelible mark on her shirt.

    Indelible:    2. [ before noun ] Indelible memories or actions are impossible to forget, or have a permanent influence or effect

    Example:
    I have an indelible memory of that meeting with Anastasia.
    In his twenty years working for the company, Joe Pearson made an indelible impression on it.    
   
    Inextricable: unable to be separated, released or escaped from

    Example:
    In the case of King Arthur, legend and truth are often inextricable.
   
    Infallible: never wrong, failing or making a mistake
   
    Example:
    Even the experts are not infallible.

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