Antonym Practice Questions

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Antonym Practice Questions
Easy to Moderate
1. PROCEED 5. INFIRM
A. secede A. ailing
B. succeed B. hospitalized
C. impede C. robust
D. lead D. recovering
E. recede E. firm
2. ELEVATED 6. REDUNDANT
A. grounded A. verbose
B. raised B. irrelevant
C. excited C. prosaic
D. subterranean D. excessive
E. moody E. insufficient
3. ELOQUENT 7. RESILIENT
A. lucid A. elastic
B. ministerial B. resinous
C. wise C. resolute
D. graceful D. inflexible
E. inarticulate E. malleable
4. SCRUTINIZE 8. INANE
A. skim A. foolish
B. devour B. serious
C. elaborate C. mature
D. comprehend D. nameless
E. question E. contrary
9. CONFIDANT 13. AFFECTION
A. assurance A. love
B. acquaintance B. aversion
C. enemy C. disaffection
D. confession D. purity
E. ally E. effect
10. OVERWROUGHT 14. EUPHORIA
A. relaxed A. mandate
B. restrained B. intoxicant
C. underutilized C. life
D. flawed D. euthanasia
E. underestimated E. gloom
11. CHIVALROUS 15. DISPARATE
A. gallant A. dissimilar
B. discourteous B. similar
C. civilized C. disconcerted
D. armored D. contrite
E. vainglorious E. desperate
12. MODERATE 16. INFAMOUS
A. calm A. eager for praise
B. reason B. criminal
C. whisper C. with a good reputation
D. intensify D. heinous
E. lead E. appearing often
17. MANDATORY Average
A. dispassionate
22. DISCRIMINATING
B. obligatory
A. racist
C. voluntary
B. gourmet
D. inveterate
C. crass
E. disconsolate
D. popular
18. DOWDY E. segregated
A. slovenly
23. IRONIC
B. out of date
A. literary
C. stylish
B. figurative
D. above average
C. analogous
E. seasonal
D. mysterious
19. EMPATHY E. literal
A. compassion
24. PROFUSE
B. lack of feeling for others
A. extravagant
C. lack of religious certainty
B. antinatural
D. lack of credit
C. immodest
E. recalcitrance
D. sparse
20. TRAVAIL E. refutable
A. fetters
25. IRASCIBLE
B. repose
A. iridescent
C. smear
B. cooperative
D. illumination
C. irregular
E. remainder
D. commensurate
21. BOMB E. devilish
A. inception
B. task
C. divot
D. storm
E. hit
26. PALPABLE 30. INTERCEDE
A. pliable A. intercept
B. facetious B. disrupt
C. evident C. supersede
D. intangible D. intervene
E. careful E. question
27. MATRICULATE 31. ENIGMATIC
A. articulate A. explicit
B. speculate B. cryptic
C. divorce C. implicit
D. impart D. syntactic
E. graduate E. impolitic
28. NADIR 32. EXHUME
A. ebb tide A. expel
B. positron B. exit
C. mean C. infer
D. median D. refer
E. zenith E. inter
29. PROFUNDITY 33. NOVEL
A. depth A. fictional
B. shallowness B. poetic
C. profanity C. ordinary
D. perfidy D. narrative
E. complexity E. peerless
34. RECONDITE 38. PRECURSOR
A. obvious A. sequel
B. plane B. pointer
C. fit C. tyro
D. cryptic D. claimant
E. cabalistic E. afterthought
35. PRETERNATURAL 39. NEBULOUS
A. customary A. astronomical
B. naturalistic B. distinct
C. adventitious C. eccentric
D. unnatural D. hopeful
E. pernicious E. moribund
36. ORNERY 40. ALTRUISTIC
A. with many faults A. selfish
B. odorless B. below sea level
C. agreeable in disposition C. interdisciplinary
D. fetid D. nonalcoholic
E. highly decorated E. self-reliant
37. SUCCULENT 41. TACITLY
A. harshly astringent A. thoughtlessly
B. axiomatic B. carelessly
C. quietly reclusive C. coherently
D. parched D. openly expressed
E. highly spiced E. mildly amused
42. INDIGENT 46. PURITANIC
A. inconsequential A. controlled by hand
B. nonnative B. making fast
C. extraterrestrial C. imposing
D. affluent D. freewheeling
E. compliant E. obtuse
43. FERVOR 47. CAPTIOUS
A. an unfortified place A. eager
B. patriotism B. deprived
C. drollery C. indulgent
D. merrymaking D. free
E. nonchalance E. anxious
44. TRUMPET
Above Average to Difficult
A. fetch
B. glut 48. APPROBATION
C. hone A. probation
D. idle B. guilt
E. veil C. disapproval
D. disavowal
45. FERVENT
E. disaffected
A. intermittent
B. parietal 49. HERETICAL
C. bland A. skeptical
D. resonant B. orthodox
E. sublime C. unorthodox
D. ethereal
E. insincere
50. LABYRINTHINE 54. PALLID
A. flowery A. resplendent
B. direct B. lackluster
C. amazing C. enervated
D. dark D. impaled
E. towering E. impervious
51. HIDEBOUND 55. ABSTEMIOUS
A. liberal A. self-indulgent
B. dishonorable B. on the dole
C. honorable C. self-sacrificing
D. conservative D. off the mark
E. leathery E. self-satisfied
52. IMBROGLIO 56. HUGGER-MUGGER
A. imbibition A. incarcerate
B. proviso B. eat heartily
C. fracas C. dance wildly
D. clarification D. keep watch
E. settlement E. publicize
53. UBIQUITOUS 57. INVEIGH
A. obsequious A. to lose weight
B. cantankerous B. to estimate
C. rare C. to accept meekly
D. intermittent D. to cherish fondly
E. omnivorous E. to retreat
58. LOUCHE 60. PUNGENT
A. inflexible A. acrid
B. manifest B. piquant
C. reputable C. harmonious
D. wolflike D. untenable
E. gloomy E. insipid
59. KUDOS
A. reward
B. regrets
C. obloquy
D. freedom
E. glorification
Answers and Explanations for the Practice Antonyms
Easy to Moderate
1. E. recede. Proceedmeans move forward, go ahead as planned. Choice E recedemeans to
move backward. Choice Asecedemeans to withdraw or quit. Choice Cimpedemeans to
slow down.
2. D. subterranean. Elevatedmeans above the ground. Choice Agroundedmeans con-
nected to the earth. Choice Dsubterranean means beneath the surface.
3. E. inarticulate. Eloquentmeans articulate. Choice Alucidmeans clear. Choice B minis-
terialpertains to a minister. Choice E inarticulatemeans not eloquent.
4. A. skim. Scrutinizemeans to examine something thoroughly and carefully. Choice A
skimmeans to glance at or read quickly. Choice Bdevourmeans to hungrily or greedily
consume.
5. C. robust. Infirmmeans weak, especially from illness or old age. Choice Crobustmeans
very healthy.
6. E. insufficient. Redundantmeans superfluous, extra, unneeded. Choice Averbosemeans
using too many words. Choice Cprosaicmeans dull or ordinary. Choice Einsufficient
means not enough.
7. D. inflexible. Resilientmeans elastic, easily regaining its original shape. Choice B
resinousmeans composed of resins (particular kinds of particles). Choice Cresolute
means determined. Choice Dinflexible means stiff or rigid. Choice Emalleablemeans
moldable or flexible.
8. B. serious. Inanemeans silly or empty. Choice B seriousmeans important or
solemn.
9. C. enemy. Confidantmeans a friend, a person you can confide in. Choice C
enemyis the opposite of friend.
10. A. relaxed. Overwroughtmeans overcome by nervous agitation or being
overexcited. Choice Arelaxedmeans an absence of tension or tightness.
11. B. discourteous. Chivalrousmeans positive or high-minded. Choice Agal-
lantmeans brave or courageous. Choice B discourteousmeans not courteous.
Choice E vainglorious means marked by excessive pride and vanity.
12. D. intensify. Moderatemeans to make less intense. Choice Dintensify
means to make more intense.
13. B. aversion. Affectionmeans love or liking. Choice Baversionmeans strong
dislike. Choice Cdisaffectionmeans alienation or resentment. Choice Dpu-
rity means cleanness, freedom from physical or moral pollution.
14. E. gloom. Euphoriameans a feeling of well-being or elation. Choice Aman-
datemeans an order or command. Choice B intoxicantmeans a mind-altering
substance. Choice Deuthanasia means mercy killing. Choice Egloom means
sadness or depression.
15. B. similar. Disparate means different. Choice Adissimilarmeans different.
Choice B similar means the same or nearly the same.Choice Cdisconcerted
means bewildered or confused. Choice Dcontrite means repentant.
16. C. with a good reputation. Infamousmeans having a bad reputation. The
adjective heinous, choice D, means evil, abominable.
17. C. voluntary. Mandatory means obligatory, ordered. Choice Adispassionate
means impartial. Choice Dinveterate means deep-seated. Choice E disconso-
latemeans cheerless, unhappy.
18. C. stylish. Dowdymeans drab or out of date. Choice Aslovenlymeans
untidy.
19. B. lack of feeling for others. Empathymeans feeling for others, sympathy.
Choice E recalcitrancemeans disobedience, noncompliance.
20. B. repose. The noun travailmeans toil, hard labor; its opposite here is re-
pose, which means to rest.
21. E. hit. Abombis American theater terminology for a failure, the opposite
of hit.
Average
22. C. crass. Discriminatingmeans being able to make fine distinctions. Choice
Ccrassmeans gross, being unable to make fine distinctions.
23. E. literal. Ironicmeans using words to express the opposite of their literal
meaning. Choice Bfigurativemeans metaphoric, a kind of literary compari-
son. Choice Canalogousmeans a resemblance between two things that are
otherwise unlike. Choice Eliteralmeans exact or verbatim.
24. D. sparse. Profusemeans lavish, lush, or abundant. Choice Aextravagant
means going beyond what is reasonable. Choice B antinaturalmeans against
nature. Choice Cimmodestmeans lacking in modesty or indecent. Choice D
sparse means not thickly grown. Choice Erefutable means able to be proved
wrong.
25. B. cooperative. Irascible means quarrelsome or hot-tempered. Choice Airi-
descentmeans giving off a rainbow glow. Choice B cooperativemeans
agreeable or easygoing. Choice Dcommensurate means proportionate.
Choice Edevilishmeans evil or sinister.
26. D. intangible. Palpable means easily perceived, obvious, tangible. Choice A
pliablemeans flexible, easily influenced. Choice B facetious means intending
to be funny. Choice Dintangible means not tangible.
27. E. graduate. Matriculate means to sign up, to register for or join, especially
for college. Choice Aarticulatemeans to express ideas clearly. Choice B
speculate means to form opinions without definite knowledge. Choice E
graduate means to be awarded a diploma for a course of study or to conclude
school successfully.
28. E. zenith. Nadiris the bottom, the lowest point. Choice Aebb tidemeans a
period or state of decline. Choice B positronmeans an electrically charged
particle. Choice Cmeanmeans the average. Choice Dmedian means the
middle point. Choice Ezenith means topmost or highest point.
29. B. shallowness. Profunditymeans having great depth of understanding or
importance. Choice Bshallownessmeans not deep, or an incapability of hav-
ing deep feelings. Choice Cprofanitymeans coarse or irreverent speech.
Choice Dperfidy means treachery.
30. B. disrupt. Intercedemeans to mediate, to help two sides reach an agree-
ment. Choice Ainterceptmeans to take something away. Choice Bdisrupt
means to push apart. Choice Csupersedemeans to replace or overrule.
Choice Dintervene means to intercede.
31. A. explicit. Enigmatic means puzzling, unclear, obscure. Explicitmeans
clear and direct. Cryptic means puzzling. Implicit means indirect. Syntactic
means having to do with sentence structure. Impolitic means unwise.
32. E. inter. Exhume means to remove from the grave. Expelmeans to force out,
eject. Exit means to depart. Infermeans to conclude or deduce. Refer means
to relate. Inter means to bury a dead body.