English Quiz On Synonyms and Antonyms Day 20 Bag

English Quiz On Synonyms and Antonyms Day 20 Bag

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Synonyms

 

1. remote

a. automatic

b. distant

c. savage

d. mean

 

b. remote means faraway, or distant

 

2. detest

a. argue

b. hate

c. discover

d. reveal

 

b. to detest means to feel intense or violent dislike, or to hate

 

3. gracious

a. pretty

b. clever

c. pleasant

d. present

 

c. gracious means to be pleasant or considerate in social

interactions

 

4. predict

a. foretell

b. decide

c. prevent

d. discover

 

a. to predict means to declare in advance or to foretell

 

5. kin

a. exult

b. twist

c. friend

d. relative

 

d. kin means people with common ancestors, or relatives

 

6. pensive

a. oppressed

b. caged

c. thoughtful

d. happy

 

 

c. pensive means moodily or dreamily thoughtful

 

7. banish

a. exile

b. hate

c. fade

d. clean

 

a. to banish means to drive out from home or country, or to exile

 

8. fraud

a. malcontent

b. argument

c. imposter

d. clown

 

c. a fraud is someone who is not what he or she pretends to be, or

an imposter

 

9. saccharine

a. leave

b. sweet

c. arid

d. quit

 

b. saccharine means overly sweet

 

10. drag

a. sleepy

b. crush

c. proud

d. pull

 

d. to drag is to pull, or to cause movement in a direction with

applied force

 

11. jovial

a. incredulous

b. merry

c. revolting

d. dizzy

 

b. jovial means good humored or merry

 

12. indifferent

a. neutral

b. unkind

c. precious

d. mean

 

a. to be indifferent is to be marked by impartiality or to be

neutral

 

13. simulate

a. excite

b. imitate

c. trick

d. apelike

 

b. to simulate is to assume the outward appearance of, or to

imitate

 

14. charisma

a. ghost

b. force

c. charm

d. courage

 

c. charisma is magnetic charm or appeal

 

15. apportion

a. divide

b. decide

c. cut

d. squabble

 

a. to apportion is to divide and share out

 

16. generic

a. general

b. cheap

c. fresh

d. elderly

 

a. generic means having the characteristic of a whole group,

or general

 

17. qualm

a. distress

b. impunity

c. persevere

d. scruple

 

d. a qualm is a feeling of uneasiness about a moral issue, or a

scruple

 

18. wary

a. calm

b. curved

c. confused

d. cautious

 

d. wary means to be attentive especially to danger, or to be

cautious

 

19. distort

a. wrong

b. evil

c. deform

d. harm

 

c. to distort means to twist out of a normal state, or to deform

 

20. sumptuous

a. delirious

b. gorgeous

c. perilous

d. luxurious

 

d. sumptuous means excessively costly, rich, or luxurious

 

21. reel

a. whirl

b. fish

c. hit

d. mistake

 

a. one meaning of reel is to move round and round, or to whirl

 

22. inscrutable

a. difficult

b. mysterious

c. inflexible

d. wary

 

b. inscrutable means not easily interpreted or understood, or

mysterious

 

23. appall

a. delirious

b. covered

c. dismay

d. confuse

 

c. to appall is to overcome with shock, or to dismay

 

24. upright

a. honorable

b. horizontal

c. humble

d. supine

 

a. upright can mean either honorable or vertical; horizontal and

supine are both antonyms of upright

 

25. reverie

a. palimpsest

b. phantom

c. daydream

d. curio

 

c. a reverie means the state of being lost in thought, or a

daydream

 

 

Antonyms

 

26. withdraw

a. reduce

b. need

c. advance

d. want

 

c. to withdraw means to remove or retreat; to advance is the

opposite of retreat

 

27. secret

a. friendly

b. covert

c. hidden

d. overt

 

d. secret means hidden or covert; overt means open to view

 

28. heartfelt

a. loving

b. insincere

c. unhealthy

d. humorous

 

b. heartfelt means expressing genuine feeling, or sincere, so

insincere is its opposite

 

29. impartial

a. hostile

b. biased

c. dislike

d. worried

 

b. impartial means to be without prejudice or bias, therefore

biased is the opposite

 

30. luminous

a. clear

b. dim

c. brittle

d. clever

 

b. luminous means radiating or reflecting light, or glowing; dim

means dark or dull

 

31. awe

a. borrow

b. shallow

c. low

d. contempt

 

d. awe means a sense of deep respect or veneration; contempt

means a lack of respect, or disdain

 

32. pit

a. group

b. peak

c. select

d. marry

 

b. a pit is a hole and a peak is the top of a hill or mountain

 

33. rotund

a. round

b. unimportant

c. thin

d. dull

 

c. rotund means rounded or plump, therefore thin is the opposite

 

34. talent

a. ungrateful

b. silent

c. show

d. inability

 

d. a talent is a special creative or artistic ability, therefore inability

is the opposite

 

35. common

a. strange

b. uneasy

c. quick

d. fast

 

a. common means ordinary or familiar; strange means unfamiliar

 

36. brazen

a. bashful

b. boisterous

c. noisy

d. heated

 

a. brazen means to be defiant or insolent; bashful means to be shy

or timid

 

37. expect

a. attend

b. regret

c. despair

d. loathe

 

c. to expect is to wait for or to look forward to; to despair is to

lose all hope

 

38. malodorous

a. acrid

b. pungent

c. fragrant

d. delicious

 

c. malodorous means to have a bad smell; fragrant means

smelling sweet or delicate

 

39. expound

a. besmirch

b. confuse

c. confine

d. condemn

 

b. to expound means to explain; to confuse, or confound, is the

opposite of expound

 

40. pique

a. value

b. gully

c. smooth

d. soothe

 

d. to pique means to excite or irritate; to soothe means to calm

 

41. abate

a. free

b. augment

c. provoke

d. wane

 

b. to abate means to reduce in degree or intensity; to augment

means to increase

 

42. dearth

a. lack

b. poverty

c. abundance

d. foreign

 

c. dearth means an inadequate supply or lack of something;

abundance means an ample quantity, or wealth

 

 

43. peaked

a. tired

b. arrogant

c. pointy

d. ruddy

 

d. to be peaked is to appear pale or wan; to be ruddy is to have a

healthy, red complexion

 

44. abridge

a. shorten

b. extend

c. stress

d. easy

 

b. to abridge means to shorten and to extend means to lengthen

 

45. kindle

a. smother

b. detest

c. enemy

d. discourage

 

a. to kindle means to start burning or ignite; to smother means to

stifle or suppress

 

46. meager

a. kind

b. generous

c. thoughtful

d. copious

 

d. meager means lacking in quality or quantity; copious means

present in large quantity, or abundant

 

47. philistine

a. novice

b. intellectual

c. pious

d. debutante

 

b. philistine is used disparagingly to describe a person guided by

material rather than intellectual values; an intellectual is a

person who engages in creative use of his or her intellect

 

48. zenith

a. worst

b. apex

c. nadir

d. past

 

a. zenith means the highest point or the apex; nadir means the

lowest point

 

49. germane

a. irrelevant

b. indifferent

c. impartial

d. improvident

 

a. germane means to be appropriate or relevant, therefore

irrelevant is the opposite

 

50. irascible

a. determined

b. placid

c. reasonable

d. pliant

 

b. irascible means easily angered; placid means calm or serene