Question

The cricket match seemed ____________ to our guests; they were used to watching sports in which the action is over in a couple of hours at the most.
A) Unintelligible
B) Inconsequential
C) Interminable
D) Implausible
E) Evanescent

Answer 1

Hint: Antonyms are the words that are opposite in meaning to another. The root words for the word 'antonym' are the words 'anti' meaning 'against' or 'opposite' and 'onym' meaning 'name’. For instance: the antonym of ‘hot’ is ‘cold’.

Complete answer:
Here, in this question we will be finding the antonym of the short sentence ‘action is over in a couple of hours’ that is an action is completed soon. Therefore, we need a word that can contradict the short sentence.
Option A) Unintelligible – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of unintelligible is ‘impossible to understand somebody or someone, incomprehensible or meaningless’. However, this word does not fit in the blank meaningfully. So, we will consider this as an incorrect option.

Option B) Inconsequential – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of inconsequential is ‘not significant or not important or unimportant or insignificant’. However, this word does not fit in the blank meaningfully. So, we will consider this as an incorrect option.

Option C) Interminable – is the correct answer because the meaning of interminable is ‘endless or never ending or unending or without ending’. However, this is the correct choice of word in the blank because it gives the opposite meaning of the short phrase ‘‘action is over in a couple of hours’ and this option is the best fit in the blank and completes the sentence meaningfully. Therefore, this is the correct answer.

Option D) Implausible – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of implausible is ‘unlikely or questionable or doubtful or not likely or failing to convince somebody’. However, this word does not fit in the blank meaningfully. So, we will consider this as an incorrect option.

Option E) Evanescent – is an incorrect answer because the meaning of evanescent is ‘vanishing or fading or evaporating or disappearing or soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence’. However, this word does not fit in the blank meaningfully. So, we will consider this as an incorrect option.
The cricket match seemed interminable to our guests; they were used to watching sports in which the action is over in a couple of hours at the most. (Option C)

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: It is very important to understand the sentence, read the sentence very carefully and identify whether to choose antonyms or the synonyms of the following. However, the complete sentence talks about the cricket match taking more, however, sports normally gets over in a couple of hours. However, there is a contradiction between the two sentences. So, we used antonyms to fill the blank correctly.