Question

Choose the word which is closest to the 'opposite' in meaning of the underlined word Many snakes are 'innocuous' : 

(A) Deadly 

(B) Ferocious 

(C) Poisonous 

(D) Harmful 

Answer 1

Correct option (D) Harmful

Explanation: 

Deadly : It means 'Fatal'. 

Hence, this is not a proper antonym to 'innocuous'. 

Ferocious : It means 'horrible' 

Hence, irrelevant to the opposite of 'innocuous'. 

Poisonous : It means 'venomous'. 

Hence, an irrelevant 'antonym'. 

Harmful : It is a perfect antonym of innocuous which itself means 'harmless'.