English Questions – Antonyms 48 (SSC CGL)

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1. Precise
   1) assertive
   2) cocksure
   3) inelegant
   4) vague
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Precise – marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.
   vague – of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.
   
   
2. Agony
   1) stretch
   2) untroubled

   3) pleasure
   4) sanguine
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Agony – extreme physical or mental suffering.
   pleasure – a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment.
   
   
3. Curtail
   1) resume
   2) perpetuate
   3) protract

   4) convinced
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Curtail – reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.
   resume – begin again or continue after a pause or interruption.
   
   
4. Elegant
   1) crude
   2) assured
   3) sophisticated
   4) satisfied
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Elegant – graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
   crude – in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.
   
   
5. Summit
   1) refined
   2) partition
   3) secure
   4) bottom
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4) 
   Explanation: Summit – the highest point of a hill or mountain.
   bottom –  the lowest point or part of something.
   
   
6. Pacify
   1) concerned
   2) divvy
   3) infuriate
   4) enrage
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4) 
   Explanation: Pacify – quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
   enrage – make (someone) very angry.
   
   
7. Severe
   1) agitate
   2) perturbed
   3) mild
   4) incite
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3) 
   Explanation: Severe – (of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.
   mild – not severe, serious, or harsh.
   
   
8. Deviate
   1) disburse
   2) concentrate
   3) dissipate
   4) disband
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)

   Explanation: Deviate – depart from an established course.
   concentrate – focus all one’s attention on a particular object or activity.

   
   
9. Adamant
   1) intersperse
   2) dispel

   3) diffuse
   4) yielding
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Adamant – refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind.
   yielding – (of a substance or object) giving way under pressure; not hard or rigid.
   
   
10. Slave
    1) disseminate
    2) master
    3) banish
    4) circulate
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 2)
    Explanation: Slave – (especially in the past) a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
    master – a man who has people working for him, especially servants or slaves.