UPTGT English – Antonyms – MCQ 1

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1. Antonym of ‘withdraw’
a. reduce
b. need
c. advance
d. want

2. Antonym of ‘secret’
a. friendly
b. covert
c. hidden
d. overt

3. Antonym of ‘heartfelt’
a. loving
b. insincere
c. unhealthy
d. humorous

4. Antonym of ‘impartial’
a. hostile
b. biased
c. dislike
d. worried

5. Antonym of ‘luminous’
a. clear
b. dim
c. brittle
d. clever

6. Antonym of ‘awe’
a. borrow
b. shallow
c. low
d. contempt

7. Antonym of ‘pit’
a. group
b. peak
c. select
d. marry

8. Antonym of ‘rotund’
a. round
b. unimportant
c. thin
d. dull

9. Antonym of ‘talent’
a. ungrateful
b. silent
c. show
d. inability

10. Antonym of ‘common’
a. strange
b. uneasy
c. quick
d. fast

11. Antonym of ‘brazen’
a. bashful
b. boisterous
c. noisy
d. heated

12. Antonym of ‘expect’
a. attend
b. regret
c. despair
d. loathe

13. Antonym of ‘malodorous’
a. acrid
b. pungent
c. fragrant
d. delicious

14. Antonym of ‘expound’
a. besmirch
b. confuse
c. confine
d. condemn

15. Antonym of ‘pique’
a. value
b. gully
c. smooth
d. soothe

16. Antonym of ‘abate’
a. free
b. augment
c. provoke
d. wane

17. Antonym of ‘dearth’
a. lack
b. poverty
c. abundance
d. foreign

18. Antonym of ‘peaked’
a. tired
b. arrogant
c. pointy
d. ruddy

19. Antonym of ‘abridge’
a. shorten
b. extend
c. stress
d. easy

20. Antonym of ‘kindle’
a. smother
b. detest
c. enemy
d. discourage

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Answers :

1. c. to withdraw means to remove or retreat; to advance is the opposite of retreat
2. d. secret means hidden or covert; overt means open to view
3. b. heartfelt means expressing genuine feeling, or sincere, so insincere is its opposite
4. b. impartial means to be without prejudice or bias, therefore biased is the opposite
5. b. luminous means radiating or reflecting light, or glowing; dim means dark or dull
6. d. awe means a sense of deep respect or veneration; contempt means a lack of respect, or disdain
7. b. a pit is a hole and a peak is the top of a hill or mountain
8. c. rotund means rounded or plump, therefore thin is the opposite
9. d. a talent is a special creative or artistic ability, therefore inability is the opposite
10. a. common means ordinary or familiar; strange means unfamiliar
11. a. brazen means to be defiant or insolent; bashful means to be shy or timid
12. c. to expect is to wait for or to look forward to; to despair is to lose all hope
13. c. malodorous means to have a bad smell; fragrant means smelling sweet or delicate
14. b. to expound means to explain; to confuse, or confound, is the opposite of expound
15. d. to pique means to excite or irritate; to soothe means to calm
16. b. to abate means to reduce in degree or intensity; to augment means to increase
17. c. dearth means an inadequate supply or lack of something; abundance means an ample quantity, or wealth
18. d. to be peaked is to appear pale or wan; to be ruddy is to have a healthy, red complexion
19. b. to abridge means to shorten and to extend means to lengthen
20. a. to kindle means to start burning or ignite; to smother means to stifle or suppress