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GATE 2025 EC – Question 1

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Here are two analogous groups, Group-I and Group-II, that list words in their decreasing order of intensity. Identify the missing word in Group-II.

Group-I: Abuse → Insult → Ridicule

Group-II: ________ → Praise → Appreciate

  1. Extol
  2. Prize
  3. Appropriate
  4. Espouse

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Correct answer: (A) Extol

Explanation

Group-I goes from the strongest form of disapproval (abuse) to the mildest (ridicule). Group-II must go from the strongest form of approval to the mildest, so the missing word is the strongest word for praise, "extol".