Antonyms
UNIT - 1
Choose the correct antonyms of the underlined words:
1. The author and his friend went near the boys when their trade slackened.
a) reduced
b) increased
c) lowered
d) went down
2. The author thought that the boys must be saving up to emigrate to America.
a) migrate
b) relocate
c) immigrate
d) resettle
3. The girl was listening to the boys chatter.
a) prattle
b) babble
c) quiet
d) gabber
4. The author did not like to intrude upon the happy family party
a) barge in
b) meddle
c) disturb
d) abandon
5. The driver was very cautious.
a) reckless
b) wary
c) needful
d) vigilant
6. He shrugged his shoulder to convey his disapproval.
a) dislike
b) approval
c) objection
d) reproach
7. The boys had tangled hair and dark earnest eyes.
a) entwine
b) muddle
c) plain
d) ravel
8. The author interest was provoked by their remarkable demeanour.
a) triggered
b) instigated
c) evoked
d) pacify
9. Nicola was glaring at his young brother.
a) outrageous
b) soft
c) blazing
d) harsh
10. The author thought that their destination would be some humble dwelling.
a) terminus
b) target
c) start
d) end
11. The author could scarcely believe his eyes.
a) frequently
b) rarely
c) barely
d) hardly
12. The girl propped up on pillows.
a) supplement
b) built up
c) let down
d) support
13. One could find a resemblance of her with her brothers.
a) analogy
b) similarity
c) lightness
d) contrast
14. They had exposure to the cold winter.
a) safety
b) subjection
c) submission
d) disclosure
15. The boys persuaded them to take her into the hospital.
a) induced
b) suaded
c) dissuaded
d) coaxed
16. One night, we came upon them in the windy and deserted squase.
a) crowded
b) secured
c) fertile
d) desolate
UNIT - 2
Choose the correct antonyms for the underlined words.
1. China tea has virtues which are not to be despised
a) admirable
b) iniquity/vice
c) qualities
d) nobilities
2. One can drink it without milk but there is not much stimulation in it.
a) curb
b) excited
c) nervous
d) happiness
3. Tea pots fitted with dangling baskets catch the stray leaves.
a) suspend
b) free
c) long
d) repulsive
4. There is the mysterious social etiquette surrounding the tea pot
a) behaviour
b) immorality
c) sociality
d) refined
5. Fill it to the brim.
a) rim
b) edge
c) middle
d) brink
6. If the tea is not loose in the Pot it never infuses properly.
a) brew
b) dry
c) stew
d) marinate
7. Milk that is creamy gives tea a sickly taste.
a) distaste
b) lurid
c) nice
d) bilious
8. It would be equally reasonable to put in pepper or salt.
a) sensible
b) unfair
c) judicious
d) feasible
9. Some drink tea inorder to be warmed and stimulated.
a) dull
b) energizing
c) reviving
d) refreshing
10. Drink tea for a fortnight.
a) half month
b) eternity
c) two weeks
d) four days
11. Never ruin your tea by sweetening it.
a) collapse
b) destroy
c) create
d) demolition
12. They are sufficient to show how subtilized the whole business has become
a) cavil
b) unscramble
c) nit pick
d) quibble
13. Much can be written about the subsidiary uses of tea leaves.
a) chief
b) ancilliary
c) supplementary
d) auxiliary
14. The subsidiary uses are telling fortunes and predicting the arrival of visitors.
a) forecast
b) foretell
c) ignore
d) anticipate
15. It is worth paying attention of wringing out of one’s ration the twenty good cups of tea.
a) twist
b) wrench
c) squeeze
d) free
16. Which are not to be despised. (TB)
a) hated
b) liked
c) repeated
d) defeated
17. One does not feel wise, braver or more optimistic. (TB)
a) opportunistic
b) cheerful
c) respected
d) pessimistic
18. Not the flat, shallow type (TB).
a) narrow
b) wide
c) deep
d) direct
19. Predicting the arrival of visitors
a) journey
b) departure
c) migration
d) persual
20. But they are sufficient to show how subtilized the whole business has become.
a) enough
b) suffocative
c) inadequate
d) submissive
UNIT - 3
Choose the correct antonyms of the underlined words.
1. Suffering seems so cruelly prevalent in the world today.
a) praising
b) rare/un common
c) common
d) popular
2. He had eleven broken ribs and a perforated lung.
a) closed
b) cleft
c) torn
d) damaged
3. Suffering ennobles you makes you a better person.
a) dignified
b) noble
c) demean
d) morality
4. The trolley was taken possession by an intrepid crew of two.
a) bold
b) fearful
c) daring
d) fearless
5. There was a grand finale of scattered plates and silver ware.
a) climax
b) denouement
c) debut
d) end
6. He was a walking horror with a disfigured face.
a) spoiled
b) marred
c) deform
d) adorn
7. He had a malignant tumour of the bone.
a) harmless
b) deadly
c) cancerous
d) cyst
8. His shoulder and arm were amputated.
a) severed
b) cut
c) cut away
d) expanded
9. His gloomy thoughts probably stem from an accident.
a) apparently
b) unlikely
c) seemingly
d) presumably
10. His wife had a badly fractured shoulder.
a) broken
b) cracked
c) fixed
d) splintered
11. They accept their fate.
a) destiny
b) nemesis
c) origin
d) doom
12. The mechanic provided motor power by galloping along behind the trolley.
a) darting
b) dashing
c) halt
d) blowing
13. The nurse and ward sister scolded them.
a) admonished
b) applauded
c) rebuked
d) reproved
14. His lower jaw became gripped in a mass of fibrous tissue.
a) grasped
b) clutched
c) loose
d) holded
15. We cannot appreciate warmth if we have never suffered cold.
a) depreciate
b) respect
c) value
d) cherish
UNIT - 4
Choose the correct antonyms of the underlined words.
1. Tenzing wriggled his way up the crack.
a) relaxed
b) fiddled
c) jerked
d) squirmed
2. Hillary reached the summit of the Everest after a hard struggle.
a) apex
b) Peak
c) crest
d) bottom
3. Hillary dragged his oxygen sets into the tent.
a) hauled
b) aided
c) pulled
d) drew
4. Over their down clothing they donned their wind proof.
a) put on
b) wear
c) disrobe
d) enrobe
5. The soft snow held his weight sometimes but often gave way suddenly.
a) mended
b) broke
c) disbanded
d) cracked
6. They decided to use the oxygen bottle sparingly.
a) occasionally
b) frequently
c) rarely
d) intermittently
7. Their first partly full bottle of oxygen was exhausted.
a) depleted
b) replenished
c) consumed
d) finished
8. He regained his breath for a few moments.
a) abandoned
b) recouped
c) retrieved
d) set back
9. Hillary heaved hard on the rope.
a) hauled
b) dropped
c) flung
d) boosted
10. Their original zest had gone.
a) gusto
b) idleness
c) energy
d) pep
11. The great bulk of Kanchenjunga loomed on the horizon.
a) disappeared
b) appeared
c) emerged
d) visible
12. The devout Buddhists believe that God has his home on this lofty summit.
a) unreliable
b) pious
c) religious
d) faithful
13. They turned downwards with dragging feet and set off their descend.
a) tire some
b) dull
c) exciting
d) boring
14. The tents flapped and shook under the perpetual south col gate.
a) everlasting
b) eternal
c) ceasing
d) endless
15. Hillary scraped the ice off the gauges.
a) brushed
b) swept
c) covered
d) raked
UNIT - 5
Choose the correct antonyms of the underlined words.
1. Anna said exasperatedly, Good chair we made for the corpses.
a) annoyingly
b) enrage
c) provoke
d) pacify
2. Maamanaar was sitting in splendour on his chair.
a) pomp
b) richness
c) simplicity
d) carelessly
3. A few people from a house of bereavement stood outside for the chair.
a) grief
b) happiness
c) mourning
d) pomp
4. Grandmother would sit on the stool to churn curd.
a) freeze
b) beat
e) swirl
d) simmer
5. When their chuckles had subsided their sister mimicked the sub–judge which lengthened their laughter.
a) diminished
b) receded
c) increased
d) slashed
6. Father rejected Pedanna’s suggestion.
a) cherished
b) dropped
c) jilted
d) expanded
7. Maamanaar would lean against the pillar adjoining the wall.
a) adjacent
b) near
c) beside
d) detached
8. Amma could pretend to chide them when their ridicule overstepped the limits
a) mockery
b) praise
c) sarcasm
d) chuckle
9. The aroma of the buttermilk made them want to drink it right away.
a) odour
b) spice
c) stench
d) savour
10. They thought that their uncle was the stingiest person in the village.
a) generous
b) miserly
c) thrifty
d) adorable
11. Poovarasu wood was glossy and strong.
a) stink
b) dull
c) shiny
d) gleaming
12. “Look at her, Amma”, he would say, his face puckering, as if about to cry.
a) crinkle
b) compress
c) expand
d) fold
13. He could clean and burnish the chair everyday till it shone like gold.
a) polish
b) buff
c) tarnish
d) luster
14. You could press his lime–paste dabba to your eyes with reverence.
a) disrespect
b) adoration
c) awe
d) solemn
15. My father despatched the worker to the carpenter’s village.
a) dismissed
b) retained
c) hurried
d) receded
UNIT - 6
Choose the correct antonyms of the underlined words.
1. A lady walking down the middle of a street had no small peril to herself.
a) danger
b) hazard
c) safety
d) risk
2. Individual liberty would have become social anarchy.
a) rebellion
b) lawlessness
c) riot
d) harmony
3. The liberties of everybody must be curtailed.
a) lessened
b) developed
c) reduced
d) dimished
4. I have liberty to be indifferent to you.
a) caring/interest
b) unconcerned
c) callous
d) impervious
5. When you have a whole kingdom in which you rule alone, you can be wise or ridiculous.
a) hilarious
b) comical
c) sensible
d) absurd
6. I have to accommodate my liberty to their liberties.
a) fit in with
b) adjust
c) adapt
d) disorder
7. A reasonable consideration for the rights or feelings of others is the foundation of social conduct.
a) neglect
b) scrutiny
c) analysis
d) review
8. A stout old lady was walking down the middle of a street.
a) corpulent
b) skinny
c) plump
d) fat
9. We’ve got liberty now.
a) dependence
b) freedom
c) autarchy
d) autonomy
10. If your car is pulled up when you are in a hurry you feel that your liberty has been outraged.
a) infuriate
b) scandalize
c) praised
d) incense
11. You have submitted to a curtailment of private liberty.
a) enlargement
b) reduction
c) diminution
d) cutback
12. Liberty is not a personal affair.
a) happening
b) entertainment
c) event
d) occurrence
13. In all these you and I please ourselves and has no one’s leave
a) permission
b) allowance
c) authorization
d) denial
14. We are liable to forget this
a) unaccountable
b) answerable
c) amendable
d) accountable
15. The little habits of common place intercourse make life’s journey sweeten or bitter.
a) pleasing
b) resentful
c) unpleasant
d) uncommon
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