In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Diatribe
Answer: C
The opposite is eulogy.
A diatribe is a bitter verbal attack; a eulogy is a speech of praise. An elegy is a lament for the dead, which is a different kind of speech altogether.
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Scanty
Answer: D
The opposite is plentiful.
Scanty means barely sufficient; plentiful is abundant.
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Equanimity
Answer: A
The opposite is agitation.
Equanimity is evenness of mind under strain, from the Latin aequus animus. Agitation is its reverse; stirring belongs with agitation but describes the act rather than the state.
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Bleak
Answer: D
The opposite is cheerful.
Bleak means cold, bare and dispiriting. Cheerful is its reverse in mood.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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