Direction: Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response in your answer sheet accordingly. Her smile was contagious.
The correct answer is 'catching.' Key Points - Let us see the meaning of Contagious: - Contagious: (of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others. - Example: Her enthusiasm is contagious. - Let us see the meanings of the given options: - Arrogant: having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities. - Disrespectful: showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite. - Sarcastic: marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt. - Catching: (of a person's emotion or mood) likely to spread to other people, contagious. - From the meanings of the given words, we can say that the word 'catching' is nearestin meaning to the underlined word 'contagious'. - Hence, the correct answer is 'catching.'