LIC AAO/SBI PO Prelims English Preparation Questions 2019 (Day-20)

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Direction (1-10): In each of the following questions five words are given in which four of them have a similar meaning and one word is the antonym for the other four words. Choose the word, opposite in meaning to the other four, as your answer.

1)

a) Calm

b) Clarify

c) Explain

d) Enlighten

e) Astound

2)

a) Sympathy

b) Admiration

c) Antipathy

d) Kindness

e) Friendliness

3)

a) Abate

b) Curtail

c) Decline

d) Ebb

e) Develop

4)

a) Commend

b) Sanction

c) Approve

d) Disparage

e) Endorse

5)

a) Committed

b) Pledged

c) Bound

d) Tied

e) Freewheeling

6)

a) Presume

b) Establish

c) Validate

d) Determine

e) Substantiate

7)

a) Naive

b) Ignorant

c) Unaware

d) Savvy

e) Obtuse

8)

a) Bleak

b) Grim

c) Sharp

d) Strident

e) Bland

9)

a) Empty

b) Needing

c) Lacking

d) Wanting

e) Teeming

10)

a) Neglect

b) Forget

c) Scrutinize

d) Ignore

e) Overlook

Answers :

Direction (1-10) :

1) Answer:  e)

‘Astound’ is the antonym here and it means to make a strong impression on a person with something unexpected.

2) Answer:  c)

‘Antipathy’ is the antonym here and it means a deep-seated ill will.

3) Answer:  e)

‘Develop’ is the antonym here.

4) Answer:  d)

‘Disparage’ is the antonym here and it means to express scornfully one’s low opinion of.

5) Answer:  e)

‘Freewheeling’ is the antonym here and it means not held back by rules, duties, or worries.

6) Answer:  a)

‘Presume’ is the antonym here and it means to form an opinion from little or no evidence.

7) Answer:  d)

‘Savvy’ is the antonym here and it means knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something.

8) Answer:  e)

‘Bland’ is the antonym here and it means mild.

9) Answer:  e)

‘Teeming’ is the antonym here and it means possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified.

10) Answer:  c)

‘Scrutinize’ is the antonym here and it means to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition).