Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in the brackets to fill in the blank.
She is a direct _________ (ancestor) of Queen Victoria.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Descendant.
- A descendant is someone who comes from a family's past. They are in a line of family members who lived before them.
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Primogenitor means the very first ancestor in a family line. It's a historical word.
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An antecedent is something that comes before another thing. In family history, it can mean a person from whom you are descended, but it's not a common word for this.
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A forerunner is someone or something that comes before another and shows what will happen next.
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An ancestor is someone from the past who is in your family tree. A descendant, on the other hand, is someone who comes after that ancestor in your family.
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So, "descendant" is the opposite of "ancestor" in this case.