2025 · Q19
Once he began to savour the taste of true wealth, he abandoned all his erstwhile ideas regarding social welfare and was subsequently labelled an apostate. Select the option that is closest in meaning to the underlined word:
General EnglishVocabulary
- Aan arrogant and haughty person
- Ba self-important person
- Ca renouncer of held beliefs
- Dan affluent person
Explanation
An 'apostate' is a person who renounces or abandons previously held beliefs, which is exactly what the sentence describes: abandoning erstwhile ideas on social welfare. The other options describe personality traits (arrogant, self-important) or wealth (affluent), which miss the core meaning of renouncing beliefs.