JAMB - English Language (1978 - No. 13)

Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

Being an optimist, our professor always sees the bright side of most things

charming
illumined
brilliant
pleasing
cheerful

Explanation

If you ''see the bright side'', you try to be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking of some advantages that could result from it, or thinking that it is not as bad as it could have been.

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