Directions: Choose the word that is not related to the other three words in meaning. Choose the word NOT related to the other three.
Question and options
Directions: Choose the word that is not related to the other three words in meaning.
Choose the word NOT related to the other three.
- docile
- obliging
- herald
- submissive
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - herald
Docile, obliging and submissive all describe a compliant, yielding person. Herald means a messenger or forerunner, or to announce something, and has nothing to do with a yielding nature, so it is the odd word out.
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