Verbal Ability - Synonyms - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Synonyms - Section 1 (Q.No. 1)
Directions to Solve

In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.


1.
CORPULENT
Lean
Gaunt
Emaciated
Obese
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.
Discussion:
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Pooja kamble said:   1 decade ago
Lean: thin.

Gaunt: lean & bony.

Emaciated: thin.

Obese: fat body.

Brijesh said:   1 decade ago
Corpulent means excessively fat, Emaciated Gaunt Means Very thin While Lean means bend from vertical position.

Lasya said:   1 decade ago
Can anyone give me suggestions to improve my verbal ability?

Lasya said:   1 decade ago
How can we improve our vocabulary?

Raveendar Panicker said:   1 decade ago
Can anyone say the meaning for the word "Plump"?

Tejas G. Dhanuka said:   1 decade ago
Corpulent means "fat". people usually use it to avoid the use of word "fat/obese". Other words mean/related to "thin/lean/skinny", So "obese" is correct.

Sajid said:   1 decade ago
CORPULENT:-fat, chubby.

Synonyms: baby elephant, beefy, blimp, bulky, burly, embonpoint, fat, fleshy, gross, having a bay window, having a spare tire, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, obese, overblown, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty, well-padded.

Obese:-very overweight.

Synonyms: adipose, avoirdupois, corpulent, fat, fleshy, gross*, heavy, outsize, paunchy, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout.
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Rajkumar said:   1 decade ago
CORPULENT: means Fatty Person and Obses also have same meaning.
Lean,Gaunt: means weak (opposite to obses).
Emaciated: means dissolvable.

Upendra said:   1 decade ago
Corpulent and obese both have same meaning-excessively fat, stout.

Dinesh said:   1 decade ago
CORPULENT: means Fatty Person and Obses also have same meaning.
Lean,Gaunt: means weak (opposite to obses).
Emaciated:means dissolvable

So correct answer is option [D]. Obese.


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