In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives,choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Lurid
Answer: A
It is shocking.
Lurid means sensational and shocking, and also glaringly bright in colour - the two senses meeting in lurid detail. Modest and delightful are its opposites.
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Divulge
Answer: A
It is reveal.
To divulge is to make known something secret, from the Latin for spreading among the common people. Conceal is its opposite.
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Compunction
Answer: B
It is regret.
Compunction is a feeling of guilt or unease about doing something, from the Latin for pricking - the prick of conscience. It appears most often in the negative, without compunction.
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Interim
Answer: C
It is temporary.
Interim means for the time being, from the Latin for in the meantime. Permanent and continual are its opposites.
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Incessant
Answer: E
It is continuous.
Incessant means never stopping, from the Latin for not ceasing. Discontinuous and terminable are its opposites.
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Apathy
Answer: E
It is indifference.
Apathy is absence of feeling or interest, from the Greek for without passion. Sympathy and concern are its opposites.
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Yammer
Answer: B
It is lament or grumble.
To yammer is to complain loudly and at length. Praise and compliment are its opposites; whimper is a quieter and more pitiable sound.
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Genesis
Answer: D
It is origin.
Genesis means the beginning or coming into being of something, from the Greek for birth - hence the first book of the Bible. Conclusion is its opposite.
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Culinary
Answer: C
It is to do with cookery.
Culinary comes from the Latin culina, kitchen. Distasteful describes a result rather than the domain.
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Shortage
Answer: B
It is paucity.
A shortage is a lack of something, and paucity means smallness of number or quantity. Abundance and sufficiency are its opposites; niggardly describes a person's giving, and hostage merely rhymes.
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