Exercise-15
Directions:- Pick out the word opposite or nearly so in the meaning of the given words.
- Instil
(A) extract (B) eradicate
(C) express (D) expand
- Esoteric
(A) external (B) familiar
(C) native (D) pleasant
- Ponderous
(A) simple (B) thoughtless
(C) empty (D) light
- Nominal
(A) huge (B) clear
(C) real (D) solid
- Parallelism
(A) obliquity (B) contrast
(C) disparity (D) divergence
- Antiquity
(A) common (B) recent
(C) innovation (D) youthfulness
- Swear
(A) support (B) reject
(C) deny (D) praise
- Transparent
(A) translucent (B) vague
(C) blind (D) opaque
- Extrovert
(A) boaster (B) mixer
(C) introvert (D) social
- Virtuous
(A) vicious (B) vulgar
(C) miserly (D) domestic
- Sophisticated
(A) rustic (B) rural
(C) civil (D) domestic
- Genuine
(A) rotten (B) bogus
(C) unsound (D) impure
- Exonerate
(A) reject (B) contract
(C) accuse (D) admit
- Husbandry
(A) mistresshood (B) subordination
(C) discipline (D) wastefulness
- Laudatory
(A) cheerless (B) defamatory
(C) quiet (D) inadmirable
Answers:-
1.A 2. B
3. A 4.A
5.D 6. B
7. C 8. D
9. C 10. A
11. A 12. B
13.C 14.A
15. B
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