331.
Antipathy
Answer: D
The opposite is fondness.
Antipathy is a settled dislike, from the Greek for feeling against. Fondness is affection.
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Antonyms Questions and Answers
Direction for [ Question No: 331 To 340 ] :
In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
332.
Blithe
Answer: C
The opposite is cheerless.
Blithe means light-hearted and merry. Cheerless is its reverse.
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333.
Evasive
Answer: A
The opposite is frank.
Evasive means avoiding a direct answer; frank gives one openly.
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334.
Trenchant
Answer: A
The opposite is lacking bite.
Trenchant means vigorous and incisive, from the French trancher, to cut. Something lacking bite has no edge at all.
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335.
Omnipotent
Answer: A
The opposite is weak.
Omnipotent means all-powerful, from the Latin omnis and potens. Despotic and democratic describe how power is exercised rather than how much there is.
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336.
Irksome
Answer: A
The opposite is interesting.
Irksome means tedious and annoying; interesting holds the attention. Lazy and tireless describe the person rather than the task.
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337.
Puissant
Answer: B
The opposite is weak.
Puissant means powerful, from the Old French. Hardy and healthy belong on the same side but describe endurance and condition rather than power.
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338.
Abundant
Answer: B
The opposite is infertile.
Abundant means existing in great quantity. Prolific and sufficient belong on the same side; infertile produces nothing.
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339.
Fantastic
Answer: E
The opposite is real.
Fantastic in its literal sense means existing only in the imagination, from the Greek phantasia. Incredible and illusion belong with it.
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340.
Melancholy
Answer: D
The opposite is cheerful.
Melancholy means sad and pensive, from the Greek for black bile. Downbeat, joyless, blue and sad are all synonyms of it.
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- Synonyms
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- One Word Substitution
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- Sentence Completion
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- Fill in the Blanks
- Spotting Errors
- Sentence Improvement
- Passage Correction
- Choose the Correct - Incorrect Sentence
- Reconstruction of Sentence
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- Reconstruction of Paragraphs
- Rearrangement of Jumbled Parts
- Word Formation
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- Active-Passive voice
- Direct-Indirect Speech
- Transformation of Sentences
- Spelling Test
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- Parts of Speech
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- Articles and Determiners
- Prepositions
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Figures of Speech and Poetic Devices