Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3. i.e Infallible.
The meaning of the given words is:
- Fatalist: someone who believes that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events, especially bad ones, cannot be avoided.
- Fanatic: a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.
- Infallible: incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
- Cynic: a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.
Thus, the most appropriate one word substitution for the given set of words is 'cynic'.