Antonyms Questions and Answers

Answer: D

The opposite is blameful.

Laudable means deserving praise, from the Latin laudare. Praiseworthy, deserving, commendable and meritorious all belong with it.

Answer: B

The opposite is admit.

To expurgate is to remove objectionable matter from a book; to admit it is to let it stand. Purify and sterilise belong with expurgate.

Answer: A

The opposite is darken.

To blanch is to make white, from the French blanc. Flinch and recoil answer the word's other sense, of drawing back in fear.

Answer: A

The opposite is kindly.

Malevolent means wishing harm, from the Latin male volens. Vicious and poisonous belong with it; kindly is its reverse.

Answer: C

The opposite is obvious.

Latent means present but not visible, from the Latin latere, to lie hidden. Suppressed and invisible belong with it; obvious is plain to see.

Answer: B

The opposite is untidy.

Immaculate means without a spot, from the Latin macula, a stain. Stainless and spotless are synonyms of it.

Answer: D

The opposite is accuse.

To exonerate is to clear of blame, from the Latin for removing a burden; to accuse is to lay the blame on.

Answer: D

The opposite is bogus.

Genuine means what it claims to be; bogus is counterfeit. Unsound and impure describe defects of a different kind.

Answer: E

The opposite is destroyed.

Extant means still in existence, from the Latin for standing out. What has been destroyed no longer exists. Contemporary and present concern time rather than survival.

Answer: A

The opposite is extract.

To instil is to introduce gradually, drop by drop, from the Latin stilla, a drop. To extract is to draw out. Inspire and inculcate belong with instil.