English Questions – Antonyms 45 (SSC CGL)

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1. Fastidious
   1) captious
   2) coincide

   3) hypercritical

   4) adjustable
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Fastidious – very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
   adjustable – able to be adjusted.
   
   
2. Virtue
   1) vice
   2) disgusted
   3) assent

   4) dainty
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Virtue – behaviour showing high moral standards.
   vice – immoral or wicked behaviour.
   
   
3. Insolent
   1) acquiesce
   2) persnickety

   3) exacting
   4) humble
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Insolent – showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.
   humble – having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s importance.
   
   
4. Concur
   1) accede
   2) consent

   3) punctilious
   4) disagree
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Concur – be of the same opinion; agree.
   disagree – have or express a different opinion.
   
   
5. Opulence
   1) critical
   2) finicky
   3) poverty
   4) funky
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Opulence – great wealth or luxuriousness.
   poverty – the state of being extremely poor.
   
   
6. Flippant
   1) offbeat
   2) serious

   3) particular
   4)  unique
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Flippant – not showing a serious or respectful attitude.
   serious – demanding or characterized by careful consideration or application.
   
   
7. Dilate
   1) overnice
   2) contract
   3) fussy
   4) innovative
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Dilate – make or become wider, larger, or more open.
   contract – a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
   
   
8. Profuse
   1) peculiar
   2) sparse

   3) finical
   4) extravagant

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)

   Explanation: Profuse – (especially of something offered or discharged) very plentiful; abundant.
   sparse – thinly dispersed or scattered.

   
   
9. Veteran
   1) novice
   2) bounteous
   3) exuberant
   4)  modernistic
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)

   Explanation: Veteran – a person who has had long experience in a particular field.
   novice – a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation. 

   
   
10. Novel
    1) bountiful
    2) aplenty
    3) copious
    4) banal
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Novel – a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
    banal – so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.