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- Stingy
1) acquisitive
2) atrocious
3) avaricious
4) generous
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
Explanation: Stingy – mean; ungenerous.
generous – showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected. - Genial
1) frugal
2) sordid
3) boorish
4) beastly
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation: Genial – friendly and cheerful.
boorish – rough and bad-mannered; coarse. - Vacate
1) brutish
2) chary
3) occupy
4) chintzy
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation: Vacate – leave (a place that one previously occupied).
occupy – reside or have one’s place of business in (a building). - Inhale
1) demonic
2) covetous
3) churlish
4) exhale
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
Explanation: Inhale – breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.).
exhale – breathe out. - Commence
1) diabolic
2) devilish
3) curmudgeonly
4) conclude
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
Explanation: Commence – begin.
conclude – bring or come to an end. - Retain
1) release
2) extortionate
3) ignoble
4) hellish
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation: Retain – continue to have (something); keep possession of.
release – allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free. - Latent
1) malicious
2) grasping
3) evident
4) sadistic
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation: Latent – (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed.
evident – clearly seen or understood; obvious. - Fiendish
1) friendly
2) illiberal
3) wicked
4) simplify
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation: Fiendish – extremely cruel or unpleasant.
friendly – kind and pleasant. - Despise
1) admire
2) penurious
3) scrimping
4) further
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation: Despise – feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.
admire – regard with respect or warm approval. - Harass
1) nefarious
2) relieve
3) parsimonious
4) expedite
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation: Harass – subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation.
relieve – cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious.
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