In each of the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Taciturnity
Answer: E
The opposite is loquacity.
Taciturnity is the habit of saying little; loquacity is talking a great deal. Coldness and suppression describe manner and restraint of other kinds.
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Austerity
Answer: E
The opposite is lenience.
Austerity is severity of manner or of living. Hardness, extreme and formality belong on the same side; lenience is mildness.
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Gasconade
Answer: C
The opposite is modesty.
Gasconade is extravagant boasting, from Gascony, whose people had a reputation for it. Modesty is its reverse.
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Considerable
Answer: B
The opposite is inadequate.
Considerable means large in amount or importance; inadequate means not enough. Appreciable belongs with considerable, and inattentive answers the other sense of considerate.
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Malign
Answer: B
The opposite is praise.
To malign is to speak evil of. Slander and disparage are synonyms; hateful and pernicious describe qualities rather than acts of speech.
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Exhume
Answer: D
The opposite is inter.
To exhume is to dig up a buried body, from the Latin humus, ground; to inter is to bury. Disclose and reveal describe the figurative sense only.
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Desultory
Answer: E
The opposite is pertinent.
Desultory means passing aimlessly from one thing to another, from the Latin for a circus rider who leapt between horses. Lacking order, disconnected, aimless and chance all belong with it.
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Heed
Answer: A
The opposite is ignore.
To heed is to pay attention to; to ignore is to take no notice.
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Jaded
Answer: B
The opposite is stimulated.
Jaded means wearied and dulled by excess; stimulated is enlivened. Upright and applied describe character and effort.
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Haphazard
Answer: C
The opposite is deliberate.
Haphazard means done without plan or order; deliberate means done with intention and care.
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