3 3 votes While receiving the award , the scientist said "I feel vindicated". Which of the following closest in meaning the word vindicated? punished substantiated appreciated chastened English Language + – srestha 5.2k points 3.7k views answer comment Share Follow Print See 1 comment 1 1 comment reply Shiva Sagar Rao 240 points commented May 18, 2021 reply Follow flag https://gateoverflow.in/41465/gate2014-ec-4-ga-3 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 2 2 votes vindicate means::show to be right by providing justification or proof (When a physicist proves a theory that his colleagues derided, he vindicates it. When a lawyer clears her client's name in a trial, she vindicates him.) substantiated is past participle of substantiate means:::provide evidence to support or prove the truth of. chastened means misfortuned ,so option B should be correct. Pinku Kumar Jha answered Dec 21, 2016 • selected Dec 21, 2016 by Arjun Pinku Kumar Jha 228 points comment Share Follow 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 0 votes substantiated means evidence or proof chastened means misfortune which is inappropriate here here most appropriate word is C) appreciated srestha answered Jun 5, 2016 srestha 5.2k points comment Share Follow See 1 comment 1 1 comment reply vijaycs 1.5k points commented Jul 27, 2016 reply Follow flag https://www.google.co.in/search?q=vindicated+meaning&oq=vindicated+meaning&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
