- STILTED
(a) Tenative
(b) Informal
(c) Verbose
(d) Senseless
Answer: (b) Stilted refers to very formal written or verbal communication.
- PREVARICATE
(a) State truthfully
(b) Postulate
(c) Emphasise
(d) Consider thoughtfully
Answer: (a) Prevaricate refers to avoiding /giving direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth.
- BILK
(a) Reduce in size
(b) Make famous
(c) Renovate
(d) Pay in full
Answer: (d) Bilk means to cheat somebody especially by taking money from them or to evade payment to somebody.
- CAVIL
(a) Discern
(b) Disclose
(c) Introduce
(d) Commend
Answer: (d) Cavil refers to making unnecessary complaints about something or to criticise for petty reasons while commend refers to praising somebody, especially publicly.
- AMUSING
(a) silent
(b) later
(c) boring
(d) nice
Answer: (c) boring
- AMBIGUITY
(a) lucidity
(b) basal
(c) lovable
(d) necessity
Answer: (a) lucidity
- AMASS
(a) demote
(b) remote
(c) scatter
(d) better
Answer: (c) scatter
- ECSTASY
(a) anguish
(b) appeal
(c) amenable
(d) lucidity
Answer: (a) anguish
- ANTIDOTE
(a) medicine
(b) poison
(c) anodyne
(d) amity
Answer: (b) poison
- HAUGHTINESS
(a) unskilled
(b) affability
(c) adduce
(d) abject
Answer: (b) affability
- APPLAUD
(a) placate
(b) denounce
(c) order
(d) conserve
Answer: (b) denounce
- DISARRAY
(a) disorder
(b) order
(c) bore
(d) store
Answer: (b) order
- BADGER
(a) bad
(b) sober
(c) pacisty
(d) assure
Answer: (c) pacisty
- BENIGN
(a) benevolent
(b) malevolent
(c) blessing
(d) curse
Answer: (b) malevolent
- BLASPHEMOUS
(a) irreligious
(b) inferior
(c) reverent
(d) blarney
Answer: (c) reverent
- PARADOXICAL
(a) rational
(b) crazy
(c) daft
(d) zany
Answer: (a) rational
- Cultivated
(a) Crude
(b) Genteel
(c) Suave
(d) Refined
Answer: (a) The meaning of word cultivated (Adjective) is : Educated. It’s antonym should be : Crude.
- Impertinent
(a) Insolent
(b) Impudent
(c) Cheeky
(d) Courteous
Answer: (d) The meaning of word Impertinent (Adjective) is : Ill mannered, disrespectful. It’s antonym should be : courteous.
- Divulge
(a) Disseminate
(b) Dissemble
(c) Publicize
(d) Transmit
Answer: (b) The meaning of word Divulge (verb) is : Reveal, make known. Its antonym should be : Dissemble.
- Appreciation
(a) Aspersion
(b) Admiration
(c) Commendation
(d) Compliment
Answer: (a) The meaning of word Appreciation (Noun) is : Thankfulness. It’s antonym should be : Aspersion.
- Supple
(a) Pliant
(b) Pliable
(c) Rigid
(d) Flexible
Answer: (c) The meaning of word Supple (Adjective) is : Flexible. It’s Antonym should be : Rigid.
- Fabricate
(a) Unearth
(b) Construct
(c) Demolish
(d) Renovate
Answer: (a) Fabricate means make up something artificial or untrue while demolish means destroy completely which is just opposite.
- Gregarious
(a) Sociable
(b) Societal
(c) Unsociable
(d) Solitary
Answer: (c) Gregarious denotes tending to form a group with others of the same species and unsociable is the opposite.
- Pragmatic
(a) Indefinite
(b) Vague
(c) Optimistic
(d) Idealistic
Answer: (a) Pragmatic means concerned with practical matters while indefinite denotes vague or not clearly defined or stated.