Enhancing Your Vocabulary: Understanding Antonyms

What is the antonym for the word "ACCENTUATE"?

A) bewilder B) attenuate C) barricade D) intensify

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Answer:

'Accentuate' means to emphasize or make more noticeable. Its antonym would be a word that means to diminish or downplay, which among the given options is 'B) attenuate'. Other options are either synonyms or unrelated.

The word 'accentuate' is an English verb that means to emphasize or make more noticeable. Thus, an antonym for 'accentuate' would be a word that means to diminish or downplay. In this case, the appropriate antonym among the options provided is 'B) attenuate'. 'Attenuate' means to lessen the intensity, force, or severity of something; this is opposite to the meaning of 'accentuate'.

Here, options C) Barricade and D) Intensify do not serve as antonyms because they carry unrelated and synonymous meanings respectively. A) Bewilder carries a completely different meaning altogether hence is not a suitable antonym.