English Questions – Antonyms 40 (SSC CGL)

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1. Relinquish
   1) anemic
   2) prosaic

   3) platitudinous

   4) retain

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Relinquish – voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.
   Retain – continue to have (something); keep possession of.
   
   

2. Vague
   1) pabulum
   2) clear
   3) innocuous
   4) jejune
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Vague – of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning. 
   
   
3. Virtue
   1) stereotyped
   2) mundane
   3) beige
   4) vice
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Virtue – behaviour showing high moral standards.
   vice – immoral or wicked behaviour.
   
   
4. Stingy
   1) generous
   2) pedestrian
   3) prosy
   4) driveling
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Stingy – mean; ungenerous. 
   
   
5. Erudite
   1) arid
   2) banal
   3) illiterate
   4) cornball
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Erudite – having or showing great knowledge or learning.
   illiterate – unable to read or write.
   
   
6. Flippant
   1) serious
   2) crepuscular
   3) roughen

   4) wintry
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Flippant – not showing a serious or respectful attitude.
   serious – demanding or characterized by careful consideration or application.
   
   

7. Insipid
   1) bleak
   2) dreary
   3) stiffen
   4) tasty
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Insipid – lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.
   tasty – (of food) having a pleasant, distinct flavour.
   
   
8. Carnal
   1) brutalize
   2) acclimate
   3) spiritual
   4) obscure
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Carnal – relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities.
   spiritual – relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things. 
   
   
9. Taint
   1) coarsen
   2) somber

   3) purify
   4) murky
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Taint – a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.
   Purify – remove contaminants from.
   
   

10. Obscure
    1) desolate
    2) forlorn
    3) sepulchral
    4) distinct
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4)
    Explanation: Obscure – not discovered or known about; uncertain.
    distinct – recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type.