Verbal Ability - Synonyms - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Synonyms - Section 1 (Q.No. 23)
Directions to Solve
In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
23.
STERILE
Discussion:
52 comments Page 3 of 6.
Rima said:
10 years ago
Dry, arid both are synonyms of barren. So I think correct answer is childless.
Manohar said:
10 years ago
STERILE has two meanings:
i) not able to produce children and
ii) free from bacteria.
The given options childless which is much more relevant than barren.
i) not able to produce children and
ii) free from bacteria.
The given options childless which is much more relevant than barren.
Dolly mishra said:
10 years ago
Arid is same too Barren. Then why Barre?
Pushkar Dhall said:
1 decade ago
Sterile : Not able to produce children or young. I think it means childless.
Sreekanth said:
1 decade ago
I think its all of the above.
RHIA said:
1 decade ago
I think the given answer is wrong.
Sterile means: Germ-free, hygienic, spotless clean, etc.
Sterile means: Germ-free, hygienic, spotless clean, etc.
Priota said:
1 decade ago
Nothing will be productive, if childness then some thing may be productive. Barron may be something totally like a Barri-ant.
Vipul raut said:
2 decades ago
Here. Sterile mean barren-unable to produce any child or offspring. Unproductive. That means barren.
Another meaning of it is not immaginative or creative.
Another meaning of it is not immaginative or creative.
Lavs said:
2 decades ago
Why not arid? It means the same right!
Anusri said:
1 decade ago
Dry, arid comes under same thing there may be chance of cultivation because of water are some other reason but in barren which means waste lands in which there will be no Scopes of cultivation.
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