In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Ghastly
Answer: B
It is horrible.
Ghastly means shockingly frightful, and shares its root with ghost and aghast. Comforting and delightful are its opposites.
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Festal
Answer: C
It is merry.
Festal means of a feast or festival, and so joyous. Sad, solemn and apathetic are its opposites.
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Parry
Answer: D
It is ward off.
To parry is to turn aside a blow, from fencing, and by extension to deflect a question. Encounter and confront are its opposites - meeting the thing rather than turning it away.
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Beguile
Answer: C
It is to charm.
To beguile is to charm, often with a hint of deception, and also to pass time pleasantly. Repulse and disenchant are its opposites.
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Bald
Answer: D
It is unadorned.
Bald means hairless, and figuratively plain and without embellishment - a bald statement. Hirsute, meaning hairy, is its literal opposite.
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Rigid
Answer: B
It is hard.
Rigid means stiff and unbending, from the Latin rigere, to be stiff. Irresolute is its opposite in the figurative sense of firmness of will.
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Consummation
Answer: A
It is ultimate completion.
Consummation is the bringing of something to its perfect conclusion, from the Latin summus, highest. Commencement and unfulfilment are its opposites.
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Catharsis
Answer: C
It is outlet for strong emotions.
Catharsis is the purging of emotion, a term Aristotle used of the effect of tragedy on its audience. Its Greek root means cleansing, which is why dirtying is exactly wrong.
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Carcass
Answer: D
It is dead body.
A carcass is the dead body of an animal, and by extension the framework of a structure. Soul and mind are what a carcass lacks.
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Abjure
Answer: E
It is renounce.
To abjure is to renounce on oath, from the Latin for swearing away. Allow is its opposite; to run off secretly is to abscond, the word most often confused with it.
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