Choose the correct antonym.
Barren
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Answer: D
The antonym of barren is fertile.
Barren land or a barren woman is unable to produce crops or children, and fertile means able to produce them in abundance. They are the standard pair of opposites.
Early, dull and last have no such opposite relation with barren.
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Oral
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Answer: A
The antonym of oral is written.
Oral means spoken, not written down, as in an oral test or an oral tradition. A written test or record is the opposite.
Spoken is a synonym of oral, not an antonym, and seen has no such relationship. Since written fits, "None of these" is wrong.
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Virtue
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Answer: D
The antonym of virtue is vice.
Virtue is moral goodness or a good quality, and vice is immoral conduct or a bad habit. The pair are the usual opposites.
Abuse means misuse or harsh words, apathy means lack of interest, and reward is a prize for good conduct, so none of them is the direct opposite.
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Borrow
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Answer: C
The antonym of borrow is lend.
To borrow is to take something from someone with the intention of returning it, and to lend is to give something to someone for a time. One person lends and the other borrows.
Carry and give do not express that opposite relation, and since lend fits, "None of these" is wrong.
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Open
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Answer: B
The antonym of open is shut.
To be open is to be not closed, and to be shut is to be closed: an open door, a shut door.
Show and visible have to do with being seen, not with being closed, and since shut fits, "None of these" is wrong.
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Sink
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Answer: A
The antonym of sink is float.
To sink is to go down below the surface of water, and to float is to stay on the surface or be held up in it. They are the standard opposites.
Sleep, resist and unite do not express the opposite of going down in water.
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Here two short passages have been given. Read the passages carefully and select your answer from the given alternatives below each question.
PASSAGE - I
The rivers of Sunderbans yield large varieties of saline water and estuarine fish. To get a good catch, the fishermen have to travel deep into the forest, often as far as the sea. They spend days, often weeks on a trip. For woodcutters and honey-collectors, the mission is more risky ; their forays take them into the heart of the tiger reserve. They go in big groups. Even then, tigers get their prey with alarming regularity. The fish is sold locally.
The most opposite in meaning of the word 'alarmingly' is
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Answer: B
The word most opposite in meaning to 'alarmingly' is safely.
'Alarmingly' means in a way that causes fear or danger; its opposite is 'safely', in a way that carries no danger. In the passage the tigers take their prey 'with alarming regularity', so the contrast is a regularity that is not alarming.
'Warning' is a noun that overlaps with alarm in meaning rather than opposing it, and 'panick' (as printed) is a state of fright, so it points the same way as 'alarmingly'.
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Each of the following items (questions) consists of a sentence followed by four words or group of words. Select the Antonym of the word (occurring in the sentence in capital letters) as per the context.
She is his LAWFUL wife.
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Answer: A
Illegal is the antonym of LAWFUL.
Lawful means permitted or recognised by law; a lawful wife is one married according to law. Illegal means forbidden by law, the direct opposite.
The other three options are synonyms or near-synonyms, not antonyms. Legitimate means conforming to the law, admissible means acceptable or allowed, and recognised means officially accepted.
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Vidyasagar was a LEARNED person.
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Answer: C
Illiterate is the antonym of LEARNED.
Learned (pronounced as two syllables, ler-nid) means having much knowledge gained by study, as the scholar and reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar did. Illiterate, unable to read or write and so without book learning, is its opposite.
Educated, trained and knowledgable all describe someone who has acquired knowledge or skill, so they are similar in meaning to learned, not opposite.
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He could not sleep because of the LOUD sound.
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Answer: C
Silent is the antonym of LOUD.
A loud sound is one of great volume. Silent, making no sound at all, is its opposite.
The other choices are close to loud in meaning: noisy means making a lot of noise, resounding means loud enough to echo, and disquieting means disturbing or causing unease, which describes the effect of the loud sound in this sentence rather than its opposite.
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