English Questions: Antonyms – 27

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1. Zealot
   1) impious
   2) bigot
   3) fanatic
   4) chauvinist
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation : impious – showing a lack of respect for God or religion.
   
   
2. Zigzag
   1) oblique
   2) winding
   3) unbent
   4) crooked
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : unbent – make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position.
   
   
3. Wane
   1) decrease
   2) decline
   3) deteriorate
   4) revive
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : revive – restore to life or consciousness. 
   
   
4. Wilt
   1) smother
   2) perish
   3) bloom
   4) wither
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : bloom – used to express annoyance or for emphasis.
   
   
5. Tainted
   1) proverb
   2) eminent
   3) adept
   4) wholesome
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : wholesome
   
   
6. Taboo
   1) permit
   2) ban
   3) forbid
   4) amity
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation : permit
   
   
7. Usurp
   1) restore
   2) wrest
   3) baggage
   4) gauge
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation : restore
   
   
8. Venom
   1) offered
   2) benevolent
   3) rancour
   4) offensive
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : benevolent
   
   
9. Vouch
   1) approve
   2) redialling
   3) endorse
   4) prohibit
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : prohibit
   
   
10. Trite
    1) proper
    2) stale
    3) ordinary
    4) protest
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : proper