Choose the word OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the underlined word:
The economic outlook for the agricultural sector remains bleak.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. promising
- Step 1: Determine the core meaning of 'bleak'. When describing an outlook or situation, 'bleak' means grim, depressing, dark, discouraging, or offering little hope for success.
- Step 2: Identify the exact antonym: an outlook that provides strong reasons to expect success, growth, and good fortune is 'promising' (or bright/optimistic).
Answer
promising.
Why not the others: dreary is a direct synonym meaning dull, dismal, and depressing; stagnant means inactive or showing no development, sharing the negative connotation of bleak; hostile means antagonistic or unfriendly.
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