361.
Bleak
Answer: D
The opposite is cheerful.
Bleak means cold, bare and dispiriting. Cheerful is its reverse in mood.
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Antonyms Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 361 To 370 ] :
In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
362.
Gregarious
Answer: A
The opposite is antisocial.
Gregarious means fond of company, from the Latin grex, a flock. Antisocial avoids it.
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363.
Turpitude
Answer: D
The opposite is virtue.
Turpitude is depravity, from the Latin turpis, base - the phrase moral turpitude is its usual home. Virtue is its reverse.
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364.
Secular
Answer: B
The opposite is clerical.
Secular means belonging to this world rather than to religion, from the Latin saeculum, an age. Clerical belongs to the clergy.
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365.
Amorphous
Answer: D
The opposite is definite.
Amorphous means without definite shape, from the Greek for without form. Definite has clear limits.
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366.
Husbandry
Answer: C
The opposite is wastefulness.
Husbandry in the sense of thrift is careful management of resources; wastefulness squanders them.
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367.
Diminution
Answer: D
The opposite is appreciation.
Diminution is a decrease; appreciation is a rise in value. The pair belongs to the language of assets, where a thing appreciates or diminishes.
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368.
Perfunctory
Answer: B
The opposite is thorough.
Perfunctory means done carelessly and as a mere form, from the Latin for getting through a duty. Thorough is done with full care.
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369.
Rubble
Answer: B
The opposite is unbroken stone.
Rubble is broken fragments of stone or brick; unbroken stone is whole.
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370.
Languor
Answer: A
The opposite is vitality.
Languor is listlessness and want of energy, from the Latin languere. Vitality is its reverse.
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- Spotting Errors
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- Figures of Speech and Poetic Devices