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English Questions: Antonyms – 32

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  1. Precept
    1) mandate
    2) absurdity
    3) maxim
    4) motto
    5) order
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : absurdity – the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable.

  2. Sultry
    1) torrid
    2) broiling
    3) dry
    4) soggy
    5) baking
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : dry

  3. Rowdy
    1) uproarious
    2) moderate
    3) disorderly
    4) rebellious
    5) raucous
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : moderate – average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.

  4. Slander
    1) aspersion
    2) backbiting
    3) backstabbing
    4) belittlement
    5) glorification
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : glorification – to give glory, honor, or high praise to; exalt.

  5. Salvage
    1) salve
    2) retrieve
    3) endanger
    4) ransom
    5) redeem
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : endanger – put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.

  6. Scourge
    1) bane
    2) pestilence
    3) advantage
    4) visitation
    5) pest
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Scourge – a whip used as an instrument of punishment.

  7. Sedition
    1) revolt
    2)  mutiny
    3) trueness
    4) treason
    5) detest
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : Sedition – conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

  8. Orifice
    1) closure
    2) spout
    3) cavity
    4) aperture
    5) vent
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : Orifice – an opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril or the anus.

  9. Valour
    1) mettle
    2) spunk
    3) fortitude
    4) fear
    5) hardihood
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : Valour – great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.

  10. Vagrant
    1) drifter
    2) derelict
    3) wayfarer
    4) vagabond
    5) stable
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : stable – (of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed.





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