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

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