Question 23
Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
This village presents one of many successes of the country’s pledge to eradicate abject rural poverty by the end of 2020.
Solution
Trying to make sense of the word through the sentence can help us ascertain its meaning even without knowing its vocabulary.
If a word denotes success in addressing poverty, then it will be removing or reducing poverty.
Hence, eradicate might mean removal or reduction.
According to this conclusion, the right antonym is "promote".
Hence, D is correct.
