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Antonyms

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Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

KILTER

  1. disarray

  2. indurate

  3. mandate

  4. ultramontane

  5. narcoleptic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

kilter means good condition; proper order: now chiefly in out of kilter. Disarray is an untidy condition; disorder; confusion. Hence, (A) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

PULCHRITUDE

  1. levity

  2. freckle

  3. elegance

  4. odiousness

  5. cicatrix


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Pulchritude is physical beauty; characterizes attractiveness. Odiousness is the quality of being offensive. Hence, (D) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

VEGAN

  1. umbrage

  2. frondescence

  3. anthropophagite

  4. slouch

  5. verdure


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vegan is a vegetarian who eats no animal products anthropophagite is a person who eats human flesh; cannibal. Hence, (C) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

DISSEMINATED

  1. garner

  2. cavort

  3. inundated

  4. buoyed up

  5. prelogisticated


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Disseminated means to scatter far and wide; spread abroad, as if sowing; promulgate widely. Garner means to gather up and store in or as in a granary; to collect or gather. Hence, (A) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

NARCISSISM

  1. outrecuidance

  2. altruism

  3. insolence

  4. virtuous

  5. obsequious


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Narcissism means self-love; excessive interest in one's own appearance, comfort, importance, abilities altruism means unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness. Hence, (B) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

COMMISERATE
  1. derisive

  2. charity

  3. exigency

  4. forbearance


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

“Commiserate” is to feel or show sorrow or pity for; sympathy. “Derisive” is insulting, mocking, contemptuous, therefore the antonym for sympathy. Hence, (A) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

FIDGETY

  1. morose

  2. fractious

  3. recalcitrant

  4. tranquil

  5. restive


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fidgety means nervous; uneasy. Tranquil means free from disturbance or agitation; calm, serene, peaceful, placid, etc. Hence, (D) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

FULGID

  1. auroral

  2. effulgent

  3. scintillant

  4. caliginous

  5. etiolate


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fulgid means Shining; glittering; dazzling; having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; expression for light Caliginous means dark; obscure. Hence, (D) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

LACKADAISICAL

  1. apathetic

  2. intent

  3. nascent

  4. plebeian


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

“Lackadaisical” is lacking spirit or liveliness; showing lack of interest; languid; listless. “Intent” is firmly directed or fixed; earnest; intense; thus the antonym for lackadaisical. Hence, (B) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

INDEFATIGABLE

  1. lymphatic

  2. indelible

  3. agile

  4. fleet


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

“Indefatigable” means incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted. “Lymphatic” means sluggish;
without energy; a sluggish condition was formerly thought to be due to too much lymph in the body;
hence option (A) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

CHICANERY

  1. sophistry

  2. intrigue

  3. duplicity

  4. rectitude


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

“Chicanery” is the use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade etc; deception. Therefore, its
antonym would be “rectitude”, which means conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty; uprightness of character. Hence (D) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

ETIOLATE

  1. blench

  2. evanish

  3. flush

  4. repose

  5. stride


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Etiolate means to cause to be pale and unhealthy; blanch. Flush means to become red in the face, as            with embarrassment or anger; blush or to glow.  Hence, (C) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

VICISSITUDE

  1. verring

  2. contortion

  3. immutability

  4. wryness

  5. torsion


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Vicissitude means a condition of constant change or alternation, as a natural process; mutability. Immutability is a condition not subject or susceptible to change, characterizes      permanence. Hence, (C) is the answer

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

VAPID

  1. turgid

  2. piquant

  3. stodgy

  4. determent

  5. bleak


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vapid means flat, insipid, tasteless; boring. It's antonym will be Piquant as it stimulates the interest (enticing) as well as the taste (tangy, spicy). Hence, (B) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

PURLOIN

  1. pilfer

  2. scrounge

  3. bleach

  4. reimburse

  5. obliterate


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Purloin means to steal; filch reimburse means to repay or compensate (a person) for expenses, damages, losses, etc. Hence, (D) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

LABEFACTION

  1. wreck

  2. pester

  3. sinew

  4. beguile

  5. exonerate


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Labefaction means the act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin. Sinew is any source of power or strength; means of supplying strength. Hence, (C) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

VOLUPTUARY

  1. libertine

  2. sybarite

  3. ophidian

  4. ascetic


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

“Voluptuary” is a person elevated to luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites; sensualist. “Ascetic” is a person who leader a life of contemplation and rigorous self-denial for religious purpose; therefore the antonym for voluptuary. Hence, (D) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

ASPERSION

  1. libel

  2. debacle

  3. impunity

  4. elogium

  5. contretemps


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aspersion refers to the act of defaming; a damaging or disparaging remark; slander; innuendo whereas elogium means the praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy. Hence, (D) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

INERRABLE

  1. omniscient

  2. surefire

  3. immure

  4. fallible

  5. precinct


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Inerrable means not erring; infallible. Fallible means liable to be erroneous or inaccurate. Hence, (D) is the answer

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

CHIMERA

  1. figment

  2. monstrosity

  3. echidna

  4. sagittary

  5. palpability


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

“Chimera” is a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication. “Palpability” means that can be touched, felt or handled; tangible; therefore the antonym of chimera. Hence, (E) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

TETCHY

  1. peevish

  2. nudged

  3. cordial

  4. melodramatic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

“Tetchy” means touchy; irritable; peevish. It's answer is (C) -“Cordial” ;meaning genial, warm, gracious.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

SALUBRIOUS

  1. innocuous

  2. deleterious

  3. treacherous

  4. ominous


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

“Salubrious” is favourable to health; promoting health; healthful. “Deleterious” is harmful to health or well-being; injurious; hence (B) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

MANSUETUDE

  1. benignity

  2. solicitude

  3. barbarity

  4. credulity

  5. integrity


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mansuetude is Gentleness of manner; mildness. Barbarity is cruel or brutal behavior; inhumanity. Hence, (C) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the key word:

APROPOS

  1. indigenous

  2. pertinent

  3. divisive

  4. abstruse

  5. incongruous


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Apropos means at the right time; opportunely; relevant or pertinent. Incongruous means mismatched / incompatible. Hence, (5) is the answer.

Directions: For the following question, select the option which is the most OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given in capital letters.

CALLOW

  1. Jejune

  2. Naïf

  3. Suave

  4. Pellucid

  5. Brunet


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

“Callow” means immature, lacking adult perception, experience, or judgement. It’s antonym would be suave, which means smoothly gracious or polite; polished; blandly ingratiating; urbane. Hence, (C) is the answer.

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