CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Synonyms questions
CAT/2005
Question . 1
Directions for Question : The following question has a paragraph with one italicized word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.
Intelligent design derives from an early 19th-century explanation of the natural world given by an English clergyman, William Paley. Paley was the populariser of the famous watchmaker analogy. Proponents of intelligent design are crupping Paley’s argument with a new gloss from molecular biology.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Synonyms question
Option C is correct. In the last sentence, crupping ........ new gloss' shows that the word, 'crupping has been used to favour Paley's argument, as with a gloss' means making it look more attractive than it actually is. So destroying, testing and questioning are negative words in the context of the passage.