Antonyms

Select the word or phrase which is farthest in meaning of the underlined word or
phrase.

1. 1 Sometimes serendipity is just intention unmasked.

A. Fortuitous B. providence C. Zemblanity D.coincidence
2. Every time Sam’s phone went off he snatched it off his lap with unusual celerity.
A. sluggishness B. Swiftness C. Slowness D. Velocity
3. 3. The government is willing to ignore public opprobrium and build the highway
through the city park.
A. reputable B. Honourable C. reproach D. Ethical
4. It would not be politic to ignore them.
A. Gauche B. tactless C. Boorish D. Tactful
5. You can find a plethora of books on the subject of creating video games.
A. Surfeit
B. Glut
C. Profusion
D. Scarcity
E. paucity

6. After getting offer letters from two different companies, Roy was dithered.
A. Confusion
B. Falter
C. Tizzy
D. Definite
E. settled

7. The minister was accused of nepotism.

A. Impartiality
B. indifference
C. Condemnation
D. Hatred.
E. nonchalance

8. Jane has been the cynosure of the media since she won the award for best supporting
actress.
A. Paragon
B. Celebrity
C. Nonentity
D. luminary
E. figurehead

9. They walked right into a booby -trap and got blown to smithereens.
A. Unbroken
B. Fragments
C. lagniappe
D. ramshackle
E. dust

10. Jainendra had converted twice and had no qualms or regrets about being an apostate

A. renegade
B. defector
C. recreant
D. loyalist
E. Maverick

11. Not only had the ministers broken their word to her, but they had garbled her
statements.
A. Lucid
B. unintelligible
C. devoured
D. outrageous

12. He was amazingly good, his fingers plucking the strings with quick nimble strokes.
A. sturdy
B. Sluggish
C. thoughtless
D. relaxed

13. Unfortunately, the video footage does not exonerate Jai of the robbery charges.
A. Minimize.
B. Respect.
C. Irritate.
D. Blame

14. Indian philosophers taught that one should leave aside ephemeral pleasures and look for
lasting happiness.

A. Transient
B. Fugacious
C. Flash
D. Enduring

15. The gigantic farmer’s market has a cornucopia of fresh foods.

A. abundance
 B. plenitude
C. scarcity
D. luxuriance

16. The weapons deal was a truly nefarious affair

A. atrocious
B. Abominable
C. virtuous
D. Heinous

17. The audience loved his scintillating wit.

A. Tenebrous
B. Ebullient
C. Ugly
D. Pleased

18. The public balked at the president’s tax plans

A. Delighted
B. Demur
C. Chicken out
D. baffled

19. All that sanctimonious talk on family values didn’t preclude him from marrying three
times

A. unctuous
B. priggish
C. judgmental
D. modest

20. Don’t let the public outcry and debate reach an impasse. It is the richest form of criticism
and feedback.

A. Stalemate
B. Deadlock
C. Trouble
D. Headway

21. A melee between both teams ensued, and the coaches could do nothing to stop it.
A. Skirmish
B. Tussle
C. Peace
D. Surrender

22. The obvious decline in the housing market has led to a financial quandary for the real
estate agents
A. perplexity
B. Doubt
C. Tight spot
D. Certainty

23. There is likely to be maelstrom of activity as they fight over the small number of
technology firms.

24. impasse
25. balked
26. tranquillity
27. vortex

28. A night of bacchanalian revelry.

A. sober
B. riotous
C. drunken
D. disinterested

29. He outlined his philosophy with verve.

A. spirit
B. sparkle
C. style
D. lassitude

30. The barrister’s grandiloquence was annoying.

A. Verbose
B. Rhetorical
C. Pompous
D. Unpretentious
31. Rembrandt's genius was his unparalleled ability to render a person's quiddity in
a single portrait

A. Essence
B. Nature
C. Attribute
D. Fraction

32. There is a degree of leeway in interpreting the law, due to its ambiguity.

A. Margin
B. Latitude
C. Restriction
D. extent

33. They were talking with unusual candour

A. Enthusiasm
B. Openness
C. Freedom
D. Guardedness

34. We've grown tired of your charades.

A. pretentiousness
B. Charter
C. Cover-up
D. Truth

35. At home he was churlish and parsimonious.

A. polite
B. Loving
C. stingy
D. Rude

36. With a peremptory note in his voice, he told the clerk to fetch all the papers.

A. Irritate
B. Fastidious
C. Casual
D. Indulgent
37. As a politician, the senator had no problem using circumlocution to make his responses
sound honest.

A. Revelation
B. Brevity
C. Responsibility
38. Relentlessness

39. Because I have already answered your question several times, answering it again would
be superfluous.

A. Derogatory
B. Random
C. Indispensable
D. Obstinate
40. He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.

A. Profound
B. Devilish
C. Reticent
D. Courteous

41. The sacred rite required sanctification after it had been defiled by the invaders.

A. desecration
B. religiosity
C. atheism
D. salutation

42. The commandant was sanguine about the superiority of his airmen.

A. confident
B. Sceptical
C. Hopeful
D. Livid

43. The nodded to each other and made sagacious comment.

A. light
B. shrewd
C. sage
D. unwise

44. . Satanic sophistry of the counsel, held the courtroom spellbound.

A. evil design
B. chicanery
C. deceptive reasoning
D. certainty

45. . I was too squeamish to look at the sight.

A. Angry
B. nauseated
C. shocked
D. willing

46. Stentorian voices of the guides faded in the distance.

A. Blaring
B. Vociferous
C. Powerful
D. soft

47. His trenchant observations seemed to have achieved their objective.

A. Cutting
B. Sharp
C. Honed
D. Obtuse
48. His moment of truculence was over.
A. Critical
B. Joy
C. Meditation
D. pacificism

49. Their perception of religion is highly skewed.

A. Unfair
B. Cynical
C. Vertical
D. Distorted
50. The defeat was not only a deserved punishment, but also a salutary shock.

A. Beneficial
B. Healthy
C. Rude
D. Good

51. The editorials were characterized by malevolence and mendacity.

A. Veracity
B. Jealousy
C. Falsehood
D. Revenge

52. She continued in the same, rather maudlin tone.

A. Nasal
B. Sonorous
C. Mawkish
D. Unsentimental

53. The manager’s pusillanimous attitude is at the root of this delay.

A. Timid
B. Appeasing
C. Brave
D. unheroic

54. Newspapers mounted a puerile campaign against him.

A. Critical
B. Heavy
C. Virulent
D. Mature

55. She was a skilful and experienced advocate, quite but pertinacious.

A. Patient
B. Persistent
C. Dogged
D. Acquiescent
56. While the president acknowledges the country's problems, he does not offer a panacea to
cure them.

A. Remedy
B. Medicine
C. Relief
D. Disease

57. The experience was to have a seminal influence on his own political development.

A. crucial
B. Retarding
C. Tragic
D. unimportant

58. The situation was preposterous and became even more so.
A. Absurd
B. Mystifying
C. Interesting
D. Sensible

59. Conditions are propitious for development.

A. favourable
B. Difficult
C. Benign
D. Unfavourable

60. The old author refused to use what he considered hideous neologisms.

A. New words
B. Comic expressions
C. Time-worn
D. Literary tricks