Question

Choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the word given in capital letters.

LAUNCH

• A. Review
• B. Begin
• C. Propel
• D. Push

Hint:

Launch in its everyday sense means to start or introduce something new, not just to fire something physically.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

"Launch" is being tested here in its everyday sense of starting something new, such as launching a product, a scheme or a career. Look at how each option fits that sense.

1. Review: Review means to look back and examine something already done. This is almost the opposite of starting something, so it does not fit.
2. Begin: Begin means to start something. This is exactly the sense in which "launch" is most commonly used, as in "launch a new scheme".
3. Propel: Propel means to push or drive something forward physically, like a rocket. This fits a narrower, physical sense of launch, not the general sense.
4. Push: Push also suggests physical force, closer to shoving something, not to starting a plan or project.

Since the word is being tested in its general, everyday sense rather than the narrow physical sense of firing a rocket, the best match is "Begin". Propel and push both describe physical force, which is too literal a reading here, and review means the opposite of starting.

Let's summarize:

• Launch, in its most common usage, means to start or introduce something new.
• Propel and push describe physical force, a narrower sense that does not fit as well as "begin".

The correct synonym for LAUNCH is "Begin", option (2).