Question

This group of young people committed many _______ actions. unsocial antisocial In the test variants we are given the adjective ‘social’ with four prefixes dis-, un-, non-, anti-. The adjective ‘unsocial’ means ‘happening during days of the week or hours when most people do not have to work’ (Nobody wants to work unsocial hours.). The prefix ‘anti’ means ‘against, in opposition to, or opposite of’. The adjective ‘antisocial’ means (1) ‘harmful to society’ and (2) ‘often avoiding spending time with other people’. Its synonyms are ‘unfriendly’ and ‘cold’. There is even one more adjective ‘insocial’ that means ‘not sociable’.The words ‘dissociable’ and ‘non-sociable’ are nonce-words. Therefore, among the test variants we are to choose ANSWER 4 (antisocial).

Accepted Answer

dissocial non-social d

Question	This group of young people committed many _______ actions.
A	dissocial
B	unsocial
C	non-social
D	antisocial
Answer	d
Remark	In the test variants we are given the adjective ‘social’ with four prefixes dis-, un-, non-, anti-. The adjective ‘unsocial’ means ‘happening during days of the week or hours when most people do not have to work’ (Nobody wants to work unsocial hours.). The prefix ‘anti’ means ‘against, in opposition to, or opposite of’. The adjective ‘antisocial’ means (1) ‘harmful to society’ and (2) ‘often avoiding spending time with other people’. Its synonyms are ‘unfriendly’ and ‘cold’. There is even one more adjective ‘insocial’ that means ‘not sociable’.The words ‘dissociable’ and ‘non-sociable’ are nonce-words. Therefore, among the test variants we are to choose ANSWER 4 (antisocial).

Adjective Means People Unsocial Test Variants Group Young