3 votes 3 votes While receiving the award, the scientist said, "I feel vindicated". Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'vindicated'? Punished Substantiated Appreciated Chastened Verbal Aptitude gate2014-ec-4 verbal-aptitude meaning normal + – makhdoom ghaya asked Mar 17, 2016 makhdoom ghaya 1.9k views answer comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply rajan commented Dec 4, 2016 reply Follow Share Substantiated means to prove something or give proof of , show to be true and he feels vindicate means free from blame or clear or exculplate means he proof whatever they wants so now he feels vindicate. and chastened means something misfortune or feeling low means after doing hard work and u did not get or even u get worse on that time u feel low or humble 1 votes 1 votes Shiva Sagar Rao commented May 18, 2021 reply Follow Share https://aptitude.gateoverflow.in/2497/gate-2014-3-ec 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 7 votes 7 votes option B Vindicated means to free from allegation(unproved) and substantiate means prove the truth of. Prateek Banra answered May 18, 2016 • selected Jan 17, 2017 by Arjun Prateek Banra comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes According to the essence of whole sentence answer should be (C) Appreciated srestha answered Mar 17, 2016 srestha comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Satyam Chaudhary commented Dec 4, 2016 reply Follow Share That is given to confuse.It is not necessary that after receiving award he must feel appreciated. 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes Answer: option [B] vindicate means to prove, to reassert. The only word in closest in meaning is substantiated. Desert_Warrior answered May 1, 2016 Desert_Warrior comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes Write option is B Substantiated ( justified) Synonym of vindicated khushtak answered May 6, 2016 khushtak comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.