Best Antonyms Questions

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. WRETCHED
(a) Silly
(b) Dreadful
(c) Fortunate
(d) Bent

2. LAMENT
(a) Obsess
(b) Regret
(c) Bewail
(d) Rejoice

3. CURSE
(a) Torment
(b) Swear
(c) Bless
(d) Damn


4. BLITHSOME
(a) Graceful
(b) Sullen
(c) Adventurours
(d) Mammoth

5. SENILE
(a) Suspicious
(b) Mentally alert
(c) Corrupt
(d) Affluent

6. PREDILECTION
(a) Analogy
(b) Anticlimax
(c) Antipathy
(d) Argument

7. AGILE
(a) Swift
(b) Hard
(c) Feeble
(d) Slow

8. PROSPERED
(a) Declined
(b) Progressed
(c) Improved
(d) Decomposed
(e) Enlightened

9. STRINGENT
(a) Magnanimous
(b) Vehement
(c) Miserly
(d) Lenient

10. INNATE
(a) Congenital
(b) Culpable
(c) Acquired
(d) Curious
(e) Crazy

11. ELASTIC
(a) Flexible
(b) Unreliable
(c) Faulty
(d) Untenable
(e) Rigid

12. ENNOBLE
(a) Precede
(b) Brighten
(c) Embroil
(d) Consume
(e) Degrade

13. PERENNIAL
(a) Frequent
(b) Permanent
(c) Occasional
(d) Immediate

14. KINDLE
(a) Unwise
(b) Quench
(c) Smooth
(d) Void

15. LATENT
(a) Decent
(b) Compulsion
(c) Obvious
(d) Purity

16. IMPEDIMENTS
(a) Handicaps
(b) Furtherances
(c) Providence
(d) Hindrances

17. LUCENT
(a) Dull
(b) Shining
(c) Moonlight
(d) Sunray

18. INDIGENOUS
(a) Autochthonous
(b) Foreign
(c) Aboriginal
(d) Pertaining to India

19. IGNITE
(a) Kindle
(b) Attach
(c) Extinguish
(d) Split

20. COMPREHENSIVE
(a) Broad
(b) Extensive
(c) Less
(d) Ambiguous
(e) Sketchy

Answers :
1. (c) ‘Wretched’ means ‘unfortunate’
2. (d) ‘Lament’ means ‘to mourn’
3. (c) ‘Curse’ means ‘words spoken to punish’
4. (b) ‘Blithsome’ means ‘merry’
5. (b) ‘Senile’ means ‘mentally or physical weak’
6. (c) ‘Predilection’ means ‘preference’
7. (d) ‘Agile’ means ‘quick in movement’
8. (a)
9. (d) ‘Stringent’ means ‘strict attention to rules’
10. (c) ‘Innate’ means ‘existing from birth; inborn’.
11. (e)
12. (e) ‘Ennoble’ means ‘to dignify’
13. (c) ‘Perennial’ means ‘lasting through many years’
14. (b) ‘Kindle’ means ‘to arouse’
15. (c)
16. (b) ‘Impediments’ means ‘hindrance or obstruction’
17. (a) ‘Lucent’ means ‘brilliant or shining’
18. (b)
19. (c) ‘Ignite’ means ‘to set free’
20. (c) ‘Comprehensive’ means ‘of broad scope’.