Friday, August 22, 2008

Antonyms Test -1

ZENITH

A apogee
B nadir
C collapse
D apotheosis
E denial

INGENUOUS

A naive
B insincere
C thrifty
D lachrymose
E innocuous

ATTENUATE

A mollify
B dilute
C enhance
D incapacitate
E distend

SYCOPHANT

A cynic
B critic
C philanderer
D philanthropist
E follower

RETICENCE

A candor
B silence
C denunciation
D powerlessness
E gentility

IMPERIOUS

A diffident
B gregarious
C egregious
D facetious
E overbearing

PROBITY

A rectitude
B infidelity
C corruptibility
D infamy
E uprightness


SANGUINE

A perturbed
B pedantic
C trite
D pessimistic
E defective


BUCOLIC

A pastoral
B urban
C idyllic
D chimerical
E chromatic


FRACTIOUS

A tacit
B brittle
C docile
D durable
E delicate

EFFULGENT

A concise
B drab
C vivacious
D terse
E sane


ABLUTION

A pollution
B lavation
C fumigation
D debasement
E decompositon


OBSTREPEROUS

A inchoate
B mundane
C compliant
D celebrated
E messy


SCURRILOUS

A fastidious
B scandalous
C decent
D voluptuous
E evocative

INVETERATE

A decrepit
B habitual
C chronic
D conditional
E novel

PICAYUNE

A grandiose
B extravagant
C trivial
D magnanimous
E immense


VALUE

A assess
B appreciate
C misestimate
D depreciate
E disdain


LETHARGY

A excitement
B torpor
C delirium
D drowsiness
E verve

SALUBRIOUS

A detrimental
B mendacious
C indignant
D incorruptible
E elevated

DILATORY

A serious
B prompt
C undefeated
D jovial
E indolent

INAUGURAL

A initial
B ultimate
C penultimate
D conterminous
E determinate


PERSPICACIOUS

A beautiful
B domineering
C unobservant
D dynamic
E persuasive


MERCURIAL

A staid
B capricious
C dedicated
D irascible
E simple


SWAY

A power
B control
C impotence
D insignificance
E illegitimacy


HALE

A infirm
B healthy
C cancerous
D injured
E vigorous


SOPORIFIC

A analgesic
B mature
C callous
D arousing
E emphatic


QUIXOTIC

A timid
B deleterious
C inoffensive
D pragmatic
E erratic

MAWKISH

A arrogant
B divisive
C creative
D indecisive
E unsentimental

PARSIMONIOUS

A feral
B cordial
C affable
D prodigal
E irascible

VOLUBLE

A glib
B infinitesimal
C taciturn
D boisterous
E frigid


SYBARITE

A hedonist
B accomplice
C protegee
D friend
E ascetic

PHLEGMATIC

A excitable
B dogmatic
C destructive
D ineluctable
E handsome

TACT

A imprudence
B misconduct
C indiscretion
D finesse
E thoughtlessness

DEFILE

A purify
B rectify
C infuse
D organize
E restore


SURREPTITIOUS

A clandestine
B overt
C covert
D stealthy
E rife

INTRANSIGENT

A passive
B complacent
C meek
D conciliatory
E forward

APPROBATION

A commendation
B liberation
C qualification
D alliance
E disapproval

SAGACITY

A illness
B convalescence
C vaccination
D inexperience
E ebullience

MALLEABLE

A docile
B intractable
C derogatory
D impressionable
E voracious


CAPACIOUS

A unfettered
B cramped
C deleterious
D callous
E egregious


APHASIA

pain
illness
solid state
speech loss
volubility


BESTIAL


noble
zoological
excellent
fuzzy
poor

ANTIPATHY

willingness
hatred
fondness
unwillingness
misery


ANTITHESIS

resurrection
destruction
opposite
similarity
creation

AMBULATORY

bedridden
evolutionary
emerging
emergency
congenital

BERATE

praise
accept
refer
deny
purchase


CHASTE

bold
wanton
hazy
followed
clear

CHIDE

unite
avoid
praise
help
follow

BIGOTRY

monogamy
arrogance
mourning
tolerance
polygam

BAROQUE

loud
simple
criticize
clumsy
monologue


CHURLISH


polite
religious
upset
rude
compressed


CAPRICIOUS


scattered
greedy
satisfied
steadfast
phenomenal


CARTE BLANCHE


restrictions
freedom
socialistic
commumal
capitalism

AMALGAMATE


conglomerate
separate
mixture
responsible
correspond

AMELIORATE


inflation
deflation
improve
recuperate
make worse

AMBIGUOUS


salvagable
hazy
clear
fuzzy
ancillary



BIZARRE


strange
normal
extol
staged
triumphant

CAPTIOUS


ambitious
capable
tolerant
humorous
incapable

ANONYMOUS


signed
expert
saint
unknown
subtle

ANTEDILUVIAN


ancient
ruins
old
modern
remains


# ABOMINATE :

1. loathe
2. despise
3. adore
4. abhor
5. attach


# OBSEQUIOUS :

1. servile
2. first
3. fawning
4. supercilious
5. improper


# OROTUND :

1. not resonant
2. not reddish
3. not eager
4. pompous
5. loud


# RECANT :

1. entangle
2. rescue
3. fail
4. assert
5. predict


# UPBRAID :

1. defer
2. vacillate
3. sever
4. conjoin
5. laud


# PLENITUDE :

1. luxury
2. magnificence
3. richness
4. contentment
5. scarcity


# SCURRILOUS :

1. decent
2. savage
3. major
4. volatile
5. scabby


# FULMINATION :

1. praise
2. repetition
3. escape
4. ratification
5. addition


# DISTEND

1. deteriorate
2. weaken
3. constrict
4. concentrate
5. fold


# TOUT

1. cast aspersions on
2. deny the relevance of
3. placate
4. withhold consent
5. misrepresent

# SQUALID

1. fervid
2. florid
3. pristine
4. extraneous
5. abundant


# SCOTCH

1. renovate
2. entrust
3. unfasten
4. encourage
5. emphasize


# PERFIDY

1. tact
2. generosity
3. thoroughness
4. loyalty
5. gratitude


# OUTLANDISH

1. conventional
2. prolific
3. unchanging
4. transparent
5. noticeable


# PLUMB

1. reversed
2. lofty
3. horizontal
4. thin
5. light


# FERVID

1. undistinguished
2. unexpected
3. stubborn
4. restrained
5. discouraged


# VACUITY

1. quality
2. certainty
3. plenitude
4. stability
5. incontinence


# RAVEL

1. knit
2. omit
3. remain silent
4. measure
5. increase in value


# PERSISTENCE

1. irrelevance
2. inconstancy
3. inequality
4. intemperance
5. incompetence.


# SUBROSA

1. openly
2. fashionably
3. under the owse
4. simply
5. clandestinely

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Antonyms Test -1

ZENITH

A apogee
B nadir
C collapse
D apotheosis
E denial

INGENUOUS

A naive
B insincere
C thrifty
D lachrymose
E innocuous

ATTENUATE

A mollify
B dilute
C enhance
D incapacitate
E distend

SYCOPHANT

A cynic
B critic
C philanderer
D philanthropist
E follower

RETICENCE

A candor
B silence
C denunciation
D powerlessness
E gentility

IMPERIOUS

A diffident
B gregarious
C egregious
D facetious
E overbearing

PROBITY

A rectitude
B infidelity
C corruptibility
D infamy
E uprightness


SANGUINE

A perturbed
B pedantic
C trite
D pessimistic
E defective


BUCOLIC

A pastoral
B urban
C idyllic
D chimerical
E chromatic


FRACTIOUS

A tacit
B brittle
C docile
D durable
E delicate

EFFULGENT

A concise
B drab
C vivacious
D terse
E sane


ABLUTION

A pollution
B lavation
C fumigation
D debasement
E decompositon


OBSTREPEROUS

A inchoate
B mundane
C compliant
D celebrated
E messy


SCURRILOUS

A fastidious
B scandalous
C decent
D voluptuous
E evocative

INVETERATE

A decrepit
B habitual
C chronic
D conditional
E novel

PICAYUNE

A grandiose
B extravagant
C trivial
D magnanimous
E immense


VALUE

A assess
B appreciate
C misestimate
D depreciate
E disdain


LETHARGY

A excitement
B torpor
C delirium
D drowsiness
E verve

SALUBRIOUS

A detrimental
B mendacious
C indignant
D incorruptible
E elevated

DILATORY

A serious
B prompt
C undefeated
D jovial
E indolent

INAUGURAL

A initial
B ultimate
C penultimate
D conterminous
E determinate


PERSPICACIOUS

A beautiful
B domineering
C unobservant
D dynamic
E persuasive


MERCURIAL

A staid
B capricious
C dedicated
D irascible
E simple


SWAY

A power
B control
C impotence
D insignificance
E illegitimacy


HALE

A infirm
B healthy
C cancerous
D injured
E vigorous


SOPORIFIC

A analgesic
B mature
C callous
D arousing
E emphatic


QUIXOTIC

A timid
B deleterious
C inoffensive
D pragmatic
E erratic

MAWKISH

A arrogant
B divisive
C creative
D indecisive
E unsentimental

PARSIMONIOUS

A feral
B cordial
C affable
D prodigal
E irascible

VOLUBLE

A glib
B infinitesimal
C taciturn
D boisterous
E frigid


SYBARITE

A hedonist
B accomplice
C protegee
D friend
E ascetic

PHLEGMATIC

A excitable
B dogmatic
C destructive
D ineluctable
E handsome

TACT

A imprudence
B misconduct
C indiscretion
D finesse
E thoughtlessness

DEFILE

A purify
B rectify
C infuse
D organize
E restore


SURREPTITIOUS

A clandestine
B overt
C covert
D stealthy
E rife

INTRANSIGENT

A passive
B complacent
C meek
D conciliatory
E forward

APPROBATION

A commendation
B liberation
C qualification
D alliance
E disapproval

SAGACITY

A illness
B convalescence
C vaccination
D inexperience
E ebullience

MALLEABLE

A docile
B intractable
C derogatory
D impressionable
E voracious


CAPACIOUS

A unfettered
B cramped
C deleterious
D callous
E egregious


APHASIA

pain
illness
solid state
speech loss
volubility


BESTIAL


noble
zoological
excellent
fuzzy
poor

ANTIPATHY

willingness
hatred
fondness
unwillingness
misery


ANTITHESIS

resurrection
destruction
opposite
similarity
creation

AMBULATORY

bedridden
evolutionary
emerging
emergency
congenital

BERATE

praise
accept
refer
deny
purchase


CHASTE

bold
wanton
hazy
followed
clear

CHIDE

unite
avoid
praise
help
follow

BIGOTRY

monogamy
arrogance
mourning
tolerance
polygam

BAROQUE

loud
simple
criticize
clumsy
monologue


CHURLISH


polite
religious
upset
rude
compressed


CAPRICIOUS


scattered
greedy
satisfied
steadfast
phenomenal


CARTE BLANCHE


restrictions
freedom
socialistic
commumal
capitalism

AMALGAMATE


conglomerate
separate
mixture
responsible
correspond

AMELIORATE


inflation
deflation
improve
recuperate
make worse

AMBIGUOUS


salvagable
hazy
clear
fuzzy
ancillary



BIZARRE


strange
normal
extol
staged
triumphant

CAPTIOUS


ambitious
capable
tolerant
humorous
incapable

ANONYMOUS


signed
expert
saint
unknown
subtle

ANTEDILUVIAN


ancient
ruins
old
modern
remains


# ABOMINATE :

1. loathe
2. despise
3. adore
4. abhor
5. attach


# OBSEQUIOUS :

1. servile
2. first
3. fawning
4. supercilious
5. improper


# OROTUND :

1. not resonant
2. not reddish
3. not eager
4. pompous
5. loud


# RECANT :

1. entangle
2. rescue
3. fail
4. assert
5. predict


# UPBRAID :

1. defer
2. vacillate
3. sever
4. conjoin
5. laud


# PLENITUDE :

1. luxury
2. magnificence
3. richness
4. contentment
5. scarcity


# SCURRILOUS :

1. decent
2. savage
3. major
4. volatile
5. scabby


# FULMINATION :

1. praise
2. repetition
3. escape
4. ratification
5. addition


# DISTEND

1. deteriorate
2. weaken
3. constrict
4. concentrate
5. fold


# TOUT

1. cast aspersions on
2. deny the relevance of
3. placate
4. withhold consent
5. misrepresent

# SQUALID

1. fervid
2. florid
3. pristine
4. extraneous
5. abundant


# SCOTCH

1. renovate
2. entrust
3. unfasten
4. encourage
5. emphasize


# PERFIDY

1. tact
2. generosity
3. thoroughness
4. loyalty
5. gratitude


# OUTLANDISH

1. conventional
2. prolific
3. unchanging
4. transparent
5. noticeable


# PLUMB

1. reversed
2. lofty
3. horizontal
4. thin
5. light


# FERVID

1. undistinguished
2. unexpected
3. stubborn
4. restrained
5. discouraged


# VACUITY

1. quality
2. certainty
3. plenitude
4. stability
5. incontinence


# RAVEL

1. knit
2. omit
3. remain silent
4. measure
5. increase in value


# PERSISTENCE

1. irrelevance
2. inconstancy
3. inequality
4. intemperance
5. incompetence.


# SUBROSA

1. openly
2. fashionably
3. under the owse
4. simply
5. clandestinely

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