Antonym – Choose the option that best expresses the opposite meaning of the highlighted word in the sentence below. Sentence: Dinesh could manage his family “satisfactorily” with his “meager” income. Target word (focus on income descriptor): meager (meaning: scanty, insufficient, very small in amount)

Introduction / Context:
The key adjective is meager, describing the size of Dinesh’s income. Meager means scanty or insufficient. The antonym must assert enoughness or sufficiency of income. Among the options, adequate is the standard opposite along the sufficiency axis.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Target word: meager = insufficient, scant.
• Context: income/resources.
• We need a word expressing sufficiency, not extravagance or unrelated qualities.

Concept / Approach:
Antonym selection should flip insufficiency to sufficiency. Adequate means sufficient for a purpose or need. Choices like fabulous (extraordinarily good/large) overshoot into hyperbole rather than serving as a measured opposite; continuous and hard are unrelated to amount.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:
Substitution: “his adequate income” is the minimal opposite of “his meager income,” preserving the economic register without exaggeration.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• continuous: Describes duration, not amount.
• fabulous: Hyperbolic praise; not the calibrated antonym of meager.
• hard: Describes difficulty; off-axis.

Common Pitfalls:
Picking fabulous because it “sounds” opposite. True antonyms reverse the same scale; adequate fits the sufficiency scale directly.

Final Answer:
adequate