English Questions – Antonyms for SSC CGL/IBPS PO set 55

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1. Myopic
   1) accessible
   2) adjacent
   3) flicker
   4) farsighted
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4) 
   Explanation: Myopic – short-sighted.
   farsighted – showing a prudent awareness of future possibilities.
   
   
2. Evident
   1) convenient
   2) obscure
   3) flutter
   4) available
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Evident – clearly seen or understood; obvious.
   obscure – not discovered or known about; uncertain.
   
   
3. Capricious
   1) scintillate
   2) nictate
   3) equivocal
   4) firm
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Capicious – given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.
   firm – having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.
   
   
4. Handy
   1) circumscribed
   2) execrate
   3) cumbersome
   4) glimmer
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Handy – convenient to handle or use; useful.
   cumbersome – large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
   
   
5. Exhaust
   1) nictitate
   2) axiomatic
   3) rigorous

   4) invigorates
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4) 
   Explanation: Exhaust – very tired.
   invigorates – give strength or energy to.
   
   

6. Precise
   1) explicit
   2) squient

   3) glitter
   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.
   
   

7. Despise
   1) abominate
   2) categorical

   3) admire
   4) eschew
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3) 
   Explanation: Despise – feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.
   admire – regard with respect or warm approval.
   
   

8. Delusion
   1) stringent
   2) revile
   3) reality
   4) straightforward
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Delusion – an idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.
   reality – the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.
   
   
9. Extinct
   1) manifest
   2) alive
   3) definite
   4) barefaced
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Extinct – (of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members.
   alive – (of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead.
   
   
10. Supress
    1) perceptible
    2) repudiate
    3) incite
    4) distinct
    

    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: Suppress – forcibly put an end to.
    incite – encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour).