Antonyms
Which of these words is most nearly the opposite of the word provided?
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| 36 | withdraw | 39 | impartial | 42 | pit |
| a. reduce | a. hostile | a. group | |||
| b. need | b. biased | b. peak | |||
| c. advance | c. dislike | c. select | |||
| d. want | d. worried | d. marry | |||
| 37 | secret | 40 | luminous | 43 | rotund |
| a. friendly | a. clear | a. round | |||
| b. covert | b. dim | b. unimportant | |||
| c. hidden | c. brittle | c. thin | |||
| d. overt | d. clever | d. dull | |||
| 38 | heartfelt | 41 | awe | 44 | talent |
| a. loving | a. borrow | a. ungrateful | |||
| b. insincere | b. shallow | b. silent | |||
| c. unhealthy | c. low | c. show | |||
| d. humorous | d. contempt | d. inability | |||
| 45 | common | 48 | malodorous | 51 | abate |
| a. strange | a. acrid | a. free | |||
| b. uneasy | b. pungent | b. augment | |||
| c. quick | c. fragrant | c. provoke | |||
| d. fast | d. delicious | d. wane | |||
| 46 | brazen | 49 | expound | 52 | dearth |
| a. bashful | a. besmirch | a. lack | |||
| b. boisterous | b. confuse | b. poverty | |||
| c. noisy | c. confine | c. abundance | |||
| d. heated | d. condemn | d. foreign | |||
| 47 | expect | 50 | pique | 53 | peaked |
| a. attend | a. value | a. tired | |||
| b. regret | b. gully | b. arrogant | |||
| c. despair | c. smooth | c. pointy | |||
| d. loathe | d. soothe | d. ruddy | |||
| 54 | abridge | 57 | philistine | 60 | irascible |
| a. shorten | a. novice | a. determined | |||
| b. extend | b. intellectual | b. placid | |||
| c. stress | c. pious | c. reasonable | |||
| d. easy | d. debutante | d. pliant | |||
| 55 | kindle | 58 | zenith | 61 | approbate |
| a. smother | a. worst | a. ingratitude | |||
| b. detest | b. apex | b. condemn | |||
| c. enemy | c. nadir | c. dissatisfaction | |||
| d. discourage | d. past | d. master | |||
| 56 | meager | 59 | germane | 62 | supercilious |
| a. kind | a. irrelevant | a. unimportant | |||
| b. generous | b. indifferent | b. relevant | |||
| c. thoughtful | c. impartial | c. serious | |||
| d. copious | d. improvident | d. meek | |||
| 63 | improvident | 66 | quiescent | 69 | matutinal |
| a. cautious | a. lackadaisical | a. paternal | |||
| b. fortunate | b. active | b. crepuscular | |||
| c. proven | c. dull | c. crepuscular | |||
| d. intelligent | d. prescient | d. marsupial | |||
| 64 | demur | 67 | sartorial | 70 | impecunious |
| a. embrace | a. cheerful | a. wealthy | |||
| b. crude | b. sincere | b. cautious | |||
| c. boisterous | c. inelegant | c. hungry | |||
| d. falter | d. homespun | d. tardy | |||
| 65 | fatuous | 68 | sapient | ||
| a. crafty | a. hunched | ||||
| b. frugal | b. strong | ||||
| c. sensible | c. simple | ||||
| d. inane | d. simian |
Answer Key
- c. to withdraw means to remove or retreat; to advance is the opposite of retreat
- d. secret means hidden or covert; overt means open to view
- b. heartfelt means expressing genuine feeling, or sincere, so insincere is its opposite
- b. impartial means to be without prejudice or bias, therefore biased is the opposite
- b. luminous means radiating or reflecting light, or glowing; dim means dark or dull
- d. awe means a sense of deep respect or veneration; contempt means a lack of respect, or disdain
- b. a pit is a hole and a peak is the top of a hill or mountain
- c. rotund means rounded or plump, therefore thin is the opposite
- d. a talent is a special creative or artistic ability, therefore inability is the opposite
- a. common means ordinary or familiar; strange means unfamiliar
- a. brazen means to be defiant or insolent; bashful means to be shy or timid
- c. to expect is to wait for or to look forward to; to despair is to lose all hope
- c. malodorous means to have a bad smell; fragrant means smelling sweet or delicate
- b. to expound means to explain; to confuse, or confound, is the opposite of expound
- d. to pique means to excite or irritate; to soothe means to calm
- b. to abate means to reduce in degree or intensity; to augment means to increase
- c. dearth means an inadequate supply or lack of something; abundance means an ample quantity, or wealth
- d. to be peaked is to appear pale or wan; to be ruddy is to have a healthy, red complexion
- b. to abridge means to shorten and to extend means to lengthen
- a. to kindle means to start burning or ignite; to smother means to stifle or suppress
- d. meager means lacking in quality or quantity; copious means present in large quantity, or abundant
- b. philistine is used disparagingly to describe a person guided by material rather than intellectual values; an intellectual is a person who engages in creative use of his or her intellect
- a. zenith means the highest point or the apex; nadir means the lowest point
- a. germane means to be appropriate or relevant, therefore irrelevant is the opposite
- b. irascible means easily angered; placid means calm or serene
- b. to approbate means to approve or sanction; to condemn means to declare wrong or to convict
- d. supercilious means coolly or patronizingly haughty; meek means enduring injury with patience and without resentment
- a. improvident means lacking prudent foresight, or careless; cautious means to be wary or to exercise forethought
- a. to demur means to delay or hesitate; to embrace means to accept readily or gladly; demure means coy
- c. fatuous means inanely foolish; sensible is its nearest opposite
- b. quiescent means marked by inactivity or repose, therefore active is the opposite
- a. sartorial means of or relating to tailored clothes; homespun means homemade
- c. sapient means possessing great wisdom, or sage; one meaning of simple is deficient in intelligence
- b. matutinal means of or relating to the morning; crepuscular means relating to or resembling twilight
- a. impecunious means having little or no money, therefore wealthy is the opposite
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