From Charles Lamb's *Tales from Shakespeare* (1807). Choose the word that is **opposite in meaning** to the underlined word. "You were a spirit too **delicate** to execute her wicked commands."
Asensitive
Brefined
Ccoarse
Dfragile
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. coarse
*Delicate* here means *fine, refined, fastidious* — Ariel was too **refined** in nature to carry out brutal orders.
The **opposite** is *coarse* (rough, unrefined, vulgar).
- *Sensitive*, *refined*, *fragile* are all synonyms — wrong direction for an *antonym* question.
NDA English regularly tests this kind of distinction: identify whether the question asks for a *synonym* or *antonym* and pick accordingly.
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