Antonyms Quiz

Directions : In the following exercises each question consists of a bold word in capital letters followed by four or five options. Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the bold word in capital letters.

1. DUTY
(a) Business
(b) Laches
(c) Onus
(d) Vocation

2. AGONY
(a) Anguish
(b) Pang
(c) Comfort
(d) Angry

3. RECOVER
(a) Relapse
(b) Retrieve
(c) Improve
(d) Redeem


4. OBLIGE
(a) Disoblige
(b) Demand
(c) Bind
(d) Impel

5. ON THE BLINK
(a) Apologetically
(b) Blindly
(c) Legally
(d) In working order

6. CONSANGUINE
(a) Of different kind
(b) Invisible
(c) Urbane
(d) Untenanted

7. REDOUBTABLE
(a) Truthful
(b) Crafty
(c) Widely travelled
(d) Ordinary

8. CONCERN
(a) Worry
(b) Anxiety
(c) Sympathy
(d) Indifference
(e) Nullification

9. TRIVIAL
(a) Perilous
(b) Frivolous
(c) Important
(d) Weighty
(e) Momentous

10. EXONERATE
(a) Moderate
(b) Accuse
(c) Watchful
(d) Acquire

11. DUBIOUS
(a) Unquestionable
(b) Illegal
(c) Dissimilar
(d) Antisocial
(e) Innovative

12. LUMINOUS
(a) Delectable
(b) Lucid
(c) Distasteful
(d) Ambiguous
(e) Gloomy

13. ECSTASY
(a) Rapture
(b) Exaltation
(c) Oily
(d) Misery

14. MACABRE
(a) Gruesome
(b) Pleasant
(c) Dishonest
(d) Fascinating

15. AMBIGUOUS
(a) Explict
(b) Equivocal
(c) Disparity
(d) Confusing

16. CURB
(a) Reduce
(b) Regulate
(c) Promote
(d) Magnify
(e) intensify

17. OBSOLETE
(a) Dominant
(b) Remote
(c) Occasional
(d) Renovated

18. EXODUS
(a) Influx
(b) Home-coming
(c) Return
(d) Restoration

19. GRADUALISM
(a) Rapidity
(b) Sluggishness
(c) Brisk
(d) Worthlessness
(e) Remarkability

20. MALIGN
(a) Disparage
(b) Slander
(c) Praise
(d) Purity

Answers :
1. (b)
2. (c) ‘Agony’ means ‘severe physical or mental pain’
3. (a) ‘Recover’ means ‘to come out’
4. (a)
5. (d) ‘On the blink’ means ‘not working properly’
6. (a) ‘Consanguine’ means ‘close connection’
7. (d) ‘Redoubtable’ means ‘formidable; to be feared’
8. (d) ‘Concern’ means ‘relate to’
9. (c) ‘Trivial’ means ‘of little importance’
10. (b) ‘Exonerate’ means ‘to release from criminal charge’
11. (a) ‘Dubious’ means ‘marked by doubt’
12. (e) ‘Luminous’ means ‘glowing, shining’
13. (d) ‘Ecstasy’ means ‘state of exalted delight’
14. (b) ‘Macabre’ means ‘ghastly or unpleasant’
15. (b)
16. (c) ‘Curb’ means ‘something that holds back’
17. (d) ‘Obsolete’ means ‘out of use’
18. (b) ‘Exodus’ means ‘act of going out’
19. (a)
20. (c) ‘Malign’ means ‘to slander or defame’.