Question

Choose the option that is most opposite in meaning (antonym) to the word given below.
INSCRUTABLE

• A. Comprehensible
• B. Confusing
• C. Contradictory
• D. Contemptible

Hint:

Do not pick "Confusing," it means nearly the same as inscrutable; look for a word meaning easy to understand.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

"Inscrutable" describes something impossible to understand or interpret, mysterious and hard to read, such as an inscrutable expression on someone's face. This question asks for the word most opposite in meaning.

1. Comprehensible: This means able to be understood or grasped easily, which is the direct opposite of being impossible to understand.
2. Confusing: This means causing confusion or being hard to follow, which is actually close in meaning to inscrutable, not its opposite.
3. Contradictory: This means containing or involving a contradiction, a different idea about inconsistency, not about being hard or easy to understand.
4. Contemptible: This means deserving scorn or disrespect, an unrelated quality about how something is regarded, not about clarity.

Since inscrutable means impossible to understand, its true opposite is a word that means easy to understand, which is "Comprehensible."

Let's summarize:

• Inscrutable means mysterious or impossible to interpret.
• Confusing is a trap since it means almost the same as inscrutable, not the opposite.
• Comprehensible means easily understood, the real opposite of inscrutable.

So the correct answer is "Comprehensible."