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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

  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.





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