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Test Code ENG02
Topic VOCABULARY - ANTONYMS
No. of Questions 35
Maximum Marks 35
Competitive score 28
Time allowed 18 minutes
Answers with explanations have been provided for self-evaluation.
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
1. FRUGAL
a. Miserly
b. Avaricious
c. Extravagant
d. Generous

2. AMENABLE
a. Unwilling
b. Acquiescent
c. Distrustful
d. Intentive

3. REPROOF
a. Appropriation
b. Approbation
c. Apposition
d. Condemnation

4. CONSPICUOUS
a. Obscure
b. Blatant
c. Definite
d. Obvious

5. EXOTIC
a. Indigenous
b. Conventional
c. Poor
d. Inexpensive

6. TAKES OFF
a. travels
b. falls

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c. explodes
d. lands

7. NIGGARDLY
a. hastily
b. lavishly
c. likely
d. gorgeously

8. MELODIOUS
a. harmonious
b. tuneless
c. odious
d. mellifluous

9. ADVANCED
a. progressed
b. outpaced
c. receded
d. retarded

10. ENLIGHTEN
a. slander
b. bemoan
c. darken
d. befog

11. OSTRACISE
a. amuse
b. welcome
c. entertain
d. host

12. DENSE
a. scarce
b. slim
c. sparse
d. lean

13. PARSIMONIOUS
a. prodigious
b. selfless
c. extravagant
d. ostentatious

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14. FETTER
a. restore
b. liberate
c. exonerate
d. distract

15. HARMONY
a. strife
b. annoyance
c. cruelty
d. mischief

16. RECOMMENDATION
a. emotion
b. disapproval
c. shrewdness
d. hesitation

17. MODERATION
a. generosity
b. veracity
c. increase
d. greed

18. INTERRUPT
a. recover
b. rejoice
c. manage
d. forbear

19. MAGNIFICENCE
a. simplicity
b. poverty
c. terror
d. fear

20. DENOUNCE
a. praise
b. kind-hearted
c. dreaded
d. notorious

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21. AUTONOMOUS
a. self-government
b. dependent
c. defensive
d. neutral

22. DECEITFUL
a. sincere
b. useful
c. plain
d. honest

23. EXONERATE
a. admit
b. release
c. convict
d. reject

24. EXAGGERATE
a. underwrite
b. understate
c. ignore
d. condemn

25. CONTROVERSIAL
a. indisputable
b. restrained
c. controlled
d. appeasing

26. EASE
a. tackle
b. improve
c. want
d. instigate

27. VENERATE
a. alter
b. abuse
c. reverse
d. veer

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28. DOUR
a. teeming
b. confined
c. cheerful
d. congested

29. DEFIANCE
a. subordination
b. honour
c. love
d. favour

30. VAGUE
a. intelligent
b. required
c. distant
d. clear

31. PRIMARILY
a. directly
b. divertedly
c. secondarily
d. unsually

32. EXTREMELY
a. considerably
b. wrongly
c. mildly
d. timidly

33. COMPLEX
a. backward
b. native
c. imbecile
d. simple

34. INCONCEIVABLE
a. superficial
b. believable
c. inaudible
d. complete

35. FRAGILE
a. devious
b. lengthy
c. profound
d. durable REFER NEXT PAGE FOR
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Q No Answer Explanation
1 c
2 a
3 b
4 a
5 a
6 d The idiom Take off means: to leave the ground being to fly.
Loot at the sentence:
The plane took off an hour late. Of the given alternatives the word Land
means: to come down through the air onto the ground or another surface.
Hence, the words takes off and lands are antonymous.
7 b The word Niggardly means: unwilling to be generous with money, time etc.
mean: miserly. Of the given alternatives the word Lavishly means:
luxuriously, extravagantly; giving or doing something generously; impressively
and usually costing a lot of money. Hence, the words niggardly and lavishly
are antonymous
8 c The word Melodious means: pleasant to listen to, like music. Of the given
alternatives the word Odious means: extremely unpleasant. Hence the words
melodious and odious are antonymous.
9 d The words advanced and retarded are antonymous.
10 d The word Enlighten means: to give somebody information so that they
understand something better.
Look at the sentence:
He didn’t enlighten her about his background. Of the given alternatives the
word Befog means: to make somebody confused.
Look at the sentence:
Her brain was befogged by lack of sleep. Hence, the words enlighten and
befog are antonymous.
11 b The word Ostracise means: shun : to refuse to let somebody be a member of
a social group.
He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.
Hence, its antonym should be welcome.
12 c The words dense and sparse (only present in small amounts) are
antonymous.
13 c The word Parsimonious means: extremely unwilling to spend money: mean.
Its antonym should be extravagant which means: spending a lot of money.
14 b The word Fetter means: shackle: to restrict somebody’s freedom to do what
they want.
Its antonym should be ‘liberate’.

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15 a The word harmony means: a state of peaceful existence and agreement.

Its antonym should be strife which means: angry or violent disagreement
between two people or groups of people.
16 b The word recommendation means: advice, advocacy, approval, blessing,
commendation, counsel, endorsement, plug, praise, proposal, reference,
sanction, etc. Its antonym should be disapproval.
17 c The word Moderation means: abstemiousness, alleviation, caution,
composure, control, decrease, discretion, easing, reasonableness, reduction,
sobriety, temperance etc. Its antonym should be increase.
18 d The word interrupt means: bargain, break, break in, check, cut off, cut short,
disturb, divide, heckle, hinder etc. Its antonym should be forbear.
19 a The word magnificence means: dignity, greatness, importance, loftiness,
grandeur, majesty, nobility, pomp, splendor, state, stateness, sublimity, etc.
Its antonym should be simplicity.
20 a The word denounce means: to strongly criticize something/somebody. Hence,
the words denounced and praised are antonymous.
21 b The word Autonomous means: independent; able to govern itself or control
own affairs.
Its antonym should be dependent.
22 d The word Deceitful means: behaving in a dishonest way by telling lies;
dishonest.
Its antonym should be honest.
23 c The word Exonerate means: free from charge; to officially state that
somebody is not responsible for something that they have been blamed for;
acquit.
Look at the sentence:
The police exonerated Mohan from all charges of corruption.
The word convict means: to decide and state officially in court that somebody
is guilty of a crime; declare guilty.
24 b The word Exaggerate means: to make something seem larger, better, worse
or more important than it really is.
Look at the sentence:
Demand for the product has been greatly exaggerated.
The word understate means: to state that something is smaller, less
important or less serious than it really is.
25 a The word Controversial means: causing a lot of angry public discussion and
disagreement.
The word indisputable means undeniable; that is true and cannot be
disagreed with or denied.
Look at the sentence:
It is indisputable that the crime rate has been rising.

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26 d The word Ease is used in different senses, viz.,

(Noun)—cleverness, deftness, effortlessness, facility, naturalness, skillfulness,
affluence, comfort, enjoyment, happiness, rest, etc.Therefore, its antonym
should be instigate.
27 b The different meanings of the word Venerate are – adore, esteem, hallow,
honour, respect, revere, worship, etc. Therefore its antonym should be abuse.
28 c The different meanings of the word Dour are: austere, dismal, dreary,
forbidding, gloomy, grim, hard, inflexible, morose, obstinate, rigid, severe,
strict, sour, unfriendly, unyielding, etc. Therefore, its antonym should be would
be cheerful.
29 a The different meanings of the word Defiance are: challenge, confrontation,
contempt, disobedience, disregard, insolence, insubordination, opposition,
provocation, rebelliousness, spite, etc. Therefore, its antonym would be
subordination.
30 d The different meanings of the word Vague are: ambiguous, amorphous,
cloudy, confused, dim, fuzzy, hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indistinct, misty,
nebulous, obscure, shapeless, uncertain, unclear, etc. Therefore, its antonym
would be clear.
31 c The word Primarily means: at first, basically, chiefly, especially, essentially,
fundamentally, mainly, mostly, originally, principally etc. Its antonym should be
secondarily.
32 c The word Extremely means: acutely, direly, downrightly, drastically,
exceptionally, excessively, extraordinarily, extravagantly, inordinately,
intensely, strictly, rigidly etc. Its antonym should be mildly.
33 d The word Complex means: circuitous, complicated, composite, compound,
convoluted, elaborate, intricate, involved, mixed, multiple, ramified, tangled,
tortuous etc. Its antonym should be simple.
34 b The word Inconceivable means: implausible, in creditable, mind-boggling,
staggering, unbelievable, unheard-of, unimaginable, unthinkable, etc. Its
antonym should be believable.
35 d The word Fragile means: breakable, brittle, dainty, delicate, feeble, fine,
flimsy, frail, infirm, insubstantial, slight, weak, etc. Its antonym should be
durable.