361.
Morose
Answer: D
The opposite is cheerful.
Morose means sullen and low-spirited. Churlish, gloomy and sad all belong with it.
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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.
Anathematize
Answer: D
The opposite is bless.
To anathematise is to curse formally, from the anathema of excommunication. To bless is the exact reverse.
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363.
Animus
Answer: D
The opposite is favour.
Animus is hostile feeling, from the Latin for spirit or animosity. Favour is goodwill. The other three options are a dinosaur, a fortification and an animal.
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364.
Affluence
Answer: A
The opposite is poverty.
Affluence is abundance of wealth, from the Latin for flowing towards; poverty is its want.
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365.
Sanguine
Answer: D
The opposite is pessimistic.
Sanguine means optimistic, from the blood as one of the four humours. Choleric belongs to another humour and means irritable.
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366.
Provident
Answer: B
The opposite is rash.
Provident means making careful provision for the future, from the Latin for foreseeing. Rash acts without thought for what follows.
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367.
Nebulous
Answer: B
The opposite is clear.
Nebulous means hazy and indistinct, from the Latin nebula, a cloud. Starry plays on the astronomical nebula but has nothing to do with the sense.
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368.
Enervate
Answer: A
The opposite is strengthen.
To enervate is to drain of strength, from the Latin for removing the sinews. It is often misused to mean energise, which is its exact reverse.
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369.
Niggardly
Answer: C
The opposite is prodigal.
Niggardly means stingy; prodigal means recklessly extravagant. The two are exact opposites in the spending of money.
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370.
Hyperbole
Answer: D
The opposite is understatement.
Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for effect, from the Greek for throwing beyond. Understatement, or litotes, is its rhetorical opposite.
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