From the words lettered A. to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that would appropriately fill the gap in the following sentence:
In this country, the law against armed robbery is stringent whereas that against smoking in public places is.........
accurate
complex
lax
easy
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Shouldn't the answer be lax? The definition of lax is "not sufficiently strict, severe or careful" which is more in negation to stringent (def: strict, precise and exacting) than easy is.
Good morning. Shouldn't the answer be lax? The definition of lax is actually "not sufficiently strict, severe or careful", which is the opposite of stringent. Thank you.
Based on the given information, the correct answer is C. lax.
The sentence states that the law against armed robbery is "stringent," meaning it is strict and severe. However, the law against smoking in public places is being compared to the law against armed robbery, indicating that it is not as strict or severe. Therefore, the word that best completes the sentence is "lax," meaning not sufficiently strict or severe.
I disagree with the answer ''(D) easy, the answer should be (C)lax because it means not strict, severe or careful enough about work.
We don’t know what the question is asking. If it is opposite in meaning or nearest in meaning
the meaning of stringent is strict ; severe and the meaning of lax is not strict
the answer ought to be C_ LAX
Stringent means to be strict on something and lax means not to be strict on something.
