Question

Read the sentence.

The company used new methods to distinguish genuine products from counterfeit ones.

Use context clues to select the correct meaning of the underlined word.


lawful

imitation

official

cheap

Answer 1

if counterfeit is the underlined word then the answer is imitation

Answer 2

Imitation.

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "genuine" denotes something that is true, real, authentic. And it's antonym is something that has been replicated, or something fake, made up or an imitation.

Thus, if the underlined word is "counterfeit", then the correct answer will be "imitation". Counterfeit denotes something that has been re-produced, re-made so as to gain profit by deceiving, defraud others with it's likeness.