Vocabulary – Antonyms Set 8

Vocabulary – Antonyms Set 8

Antonym/Synonym Questions are a very important part of vocabulary section. Antonyms Mean the Word Which mean the opposite to the word given. This section is usually asked in comprehensions.

Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

Q1. SWELTER
(a) Roast
(b) Freeze
(c) Stew
(d) Bluster

Q2. MOTTLE
(a) Fade
(b) Stipple
(c) Blotch
(d) Tardily

Q3. EXIGENCY
(a) Crisis
(b) Gentle
(c) Plethora
(d) Mean

Q4. BLAZON
(a) Declare
(b) Deny
(c) Homely
(d) Pleasing

Q5. UNSAVORY
(a) Delicious
(b) Unpalatable
(c) Typify
(d) Differ

Q6. JABBER
(a) Drivel
(b) Quiet
(c) Prate
(d) Afraid

Q7. ADO
(a) Reluctant
(b) Flurry
(c) Aid
(d) Travail

Q8. ELUDE
(a) Dodge
(b) Support
(c) Thwart
(d) Flee
S8. Ans.(b)

Q9. SCOURGE
(a) Delight
(b) Whip
(c) Cane
(d) Monk

Q10. NATTY
(a) Spruce
(b) Snappy
(c) Messy
(d) Dashing

Q11. CONTEMPTUOUS
(a) Respected
(b) Derisive
(c) Haughty
(d) Expedite

Q12. IGNOMINY
(a) Glory
(b) Lifeless
(c) Obloquy
(d) Opprobrium

Q13. BEQUEATH
(a) Endow
(b) Bereave
(c) Grant
(d) Bud

Q14. PRECISION
(a) Negligence
(b) Clarity
(c) Seize
(d) Usurp

Q15. RELISH
(a) Zest
(b) Apathy
(c) Corporal
(d) Prototype

Answers Key

1.(B)     2.(A)      3.(C)     4.(B)      5.(A)     6. (B)      7. (C)      8. (B)      9. (A)      10. (C)
11. (A)       12. (A)       13. (B)         14. (A)          15. (B)

Detailed Explanation: