Antonyms of Ossify
A) reassemble fragments
B) overlook problems
C) create consensus
D) placate critics
E) transcend conventions
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E) transcend conventions
a) reassemble fragments
ossify is to Fix so Ant will be transcend.
may be D) placate critics
its
A
reassemble fragments
its A
A
reassemble fragments
i am sorry but i dont know the answer…….can anyone tell me how to look up the correct answers
Hi friends,
For your help I am giving here an clue,
“The central ideas of liberalism have ossified” ——Jeffrey Hart.
I havent studied my Vocabs.
I would have just marked B as an option.
If anyone knows any tricks … without even knowing the Vocab, will i be able to answer such questions.??
i thnk it’s A.reassemble fragments
well, now im sure that it’s E.transcend conventions…because ossify also means to ‘set in a rigidly conventional pattern’
E) transcend conventions
I too belive it is A ,but can gre admin guide us on this!!
Answer is either A or E. Let see some clues..
Ossify:
The skeleton initially consists mainly of cartilage which is gradually transformed into bone during development. This bone-building process is termed “ossification.” Bone is “osseous” tissue. “Os” is a synonym for “bone.”
The word “os” is Latin and is related to the Greek “osteon” which also means “bone.”
Definition:
Become very hard from aging.
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern.
to make rigidly conventional and opposed to change
Change or harden into bone. Hence, to become hard and unchanging in one’s ideas.
Antonyms: melt, soften
>> ossified teaching methods.
>> The chairman’s thinking has been ossified because of the success of the company over the last few years, but now his fixed ideas on distribution may no longer hold good.
whts the answer.????Is it C…??
It’s E. That is the correct answer.
Ossify Mean
- Become bony
- Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
- Cause to become hard and bony
So A is the correct answer coz
reassemble fragments
Fragment means
- A piece broken off or cut off of something else
- Break or cause to break into pieces
- An incomplete piece
Dear Hemant,
Thanks for raising your doubts.
reassemble-To bring or gather together again
Fragment-An incomplete piece
So option A says ====>>
A) reassemble fragments =>
To bring or gather together an incomplete piece.
and that happen to be synonym of ossify not the antonym. So answer is E.