JAMB - English Language (2005 - No. 64)
Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.
Emeka's painting was so realistic that it could almost have been a photograph.
picturesque
concrete
lively
authentic
Spiegazione
"Authentic" in this context implies genuine or true to life, similar to being realistic. It suggests that Emeka's painting closely resembles reality and is not artificial or exaggerated.