analogies and antonym practice phần 2 ppt

INDENTATION: Animosity Perspicacity Rectitude Protuberance - right Unscathed The best answer is D.. EDDY: Flamboyant Epigram Divestiture Flow- right Maelstrom The best answer is D.. AUDA

25 LIMPID:

Quail

Minatory

Opaque –right

Moribund

Fractious

The best answer is C

Limpid means clear, pure Opaque is the antonym

Quail means shrink with fear

Minatory means threatening

Moribund is near death

Fractious is irritable

26 GARRULOUS:

Extricable

Drone

Indomitable

Loquacious

Reticent - right

The best answer is E

Garrulous is too talkative Reticent is the antonym

Extricable is someone able to be freed

A Drone is a male bee or a person not self employed

Indomitable is a person not easily subdued

Loquacious is a synonym

27 INDENTATION:

Animosity

Perspicacity

Rectitude

Protuberance - right

Unscathed

The best answer is D

Indentation means a cut or a cavity The antonym is Protuberance that means

a bump

Animosity means hate or a strong dislike

Perspicacity means quick judging and understanding

Rectitude means righteousness

Unscathed means unhurt

28 TORMENT:

Assuage –right

Tommyrot

Volubility

Writ

Shrewd

The best answer is A

Torment means severe pain or suffering The antonym is Assuage Tommyrot means nonsense

Volubility means fluency with language

Writ means written order

Shrewd is astute

29 SPURN:

Pyre

Maul

Embrace - right

Goad

Repudiate

The best answer is C

To spurn means to reject The antonym is to embrace

Pyre is a large pile of wood for burning

Maul means hurt by rough handling

A Goad is something urging a person to action

Repudiate is a synonym

30 EDDY:

Flamboyant

Epigram

Divestiture

Flow- right

Maelstrom

The best answer is D

Eddy means a circular movement The antonym Flow means a straight

movement

Flamboyant means brightly colored

Epigram is a witty saying

Divestiture means giving up, getting rid of something

Maelstrom is a synonym

31 FLOUT:

Dote

Esteem – right

Lavish

Chaff

Odium

The best answer is B

Flout means to scorn Esteem is the antonym

Dote means to show much fondness

To Lavish is to give freely or generously

Chaff is a synonym

Odium is contempt

32 PENURY:

Quirk

Machination

Percipient

Cabal

Opulence - right

The best answer is E

Penury means extreme poverty Opulence is the antonym Quirk means a peculiar habit of someone

A Machination is a plan

Percipient is capable of perception

Cabal means a scheme or plot

33 AUDACIOUS:

Stalwart

Brittle

Cordial

Timid - right

Gregarious

The best answer is D

Audacious means bold, daring The antonym is Timid Stalwart is a synonym

Brittle is easily broken

Cordial means warm and sincere

Gregarious means a person that likes society

34 INTRANSIGENCE:

Acquiescence – right

Hoax

Finesse

Forbearance

Placate

The best answer is A

Intransigence means stubbornness Acquiescence is the antonym

A Hoax is a trick

Finesse is delicateness

Forbearance means patience

To Placate means to sooth, to calm

35 PERTINACITY:

Nostrum

Meticulousness

Tractability - right

Interdict

Heed

The best answer is C

Pertinacity means persistence Tractability is the antonym

A Nostrum is a remedy

Meticulousness is giving great attention to details

Interdict is to forbid

Heed means attention

36 VAIN:

Wrangle

Beneficent – right

Supine

Piquant

Levee

The best answer is B

Vain is without use Beneficent is the antonym

Wrangle means to dispute angrily

Supine means passive

Piquant is stimulating

Levee is a formal reception

37 INCORRIGIBLE:

Amenable – right

Garrulity

Extralegal

Delinquent

Contumacious

Incorrigible means uncontrollable Amenable is the antonym

Garrulity means talkativeness

Extralegal is outside the law

Delinquent is a synonym

Contumacious means rebellious

38 CHOLERIC:

Hoodwink

Serene –right

Impute

Pungent

Misanthrope

The best answer is B

Choleric means irritable, bad-tempered Serene is the antonym

To hoodwink is to trick

To impute is to ascribe

Pungent means clever, witty, sharp

Misanthrope is a person who hates mankind

39 OBTUSE:

Flounder

Infuse

Acute -right

Dense

Onerous

The best answer is C

An Obtuse person is a stupid or a blunt person The antonym is Acute

To Flounder is to move clumsily

To Infuse is to fill

Dense is a synonym

Onerous is a burdening thing

40 PALPABLE:

Tactile

Maudlin

Lachrymose

Indiscernible

Saturnine

The best answer is D

Palpable means clear, obvious The antonym is Indiscernible

Tactile is a synonym

Maudlin is sentimental in a silly or tearful way

Lachrymose is tearful

Saturnine is gloomy

41 SPLICE:

Torpid

Sever – right

Protract

Dovetail

Limn

The best answer is B

To Splice is to knit together To Sever is to do the opposite and therefore it is

the antonym

To Dovetail is a synonym

Torpid is dormant

To Protract is to prolong

To Limn is to portray, to paint

42 HAUGHTY:

Disdainful

Epicurean

Poignant

Ragamuffin

Subservient – right

The best answer is E

Haughty means arrogant overly proud Subservient is the antonym

Disdainful is a synonym

Epicurean means devoted to pleasure

Poignant means deeply moving

Ragamuffin is an often-disreputable person

43 PROFLIGATE:

Reproach

Slake

Chaste – right

Obfuscate

Gush

The best answer is C

Profligate means wicked The antonym is Chaste that means modest and

unaffected

To Reproach is to blame

To Slake is to satisfy a desire

To Obfuscate is to confuse

To Gush means to burst out suddenly

44 FERVENT:

Phlegmatic - right

Grandiloquent

Ineffable

Mince

Pellucid

The best answer is A

Fervent means earnest passionate The antonym is Phlegmatic – cold hearted Grandiloquent is someone using pompous words

Ineffable is too great to be described in words

To Mince is to pronounce or speak affectedly

Pellucid means transparent, easy to understand

45 PRETERNATURAL

Occult

Mundane – right

Maverick

Inimical

Frantic

The best answer is B

Preternatural means supernatural The antonym is Mundane – worldly Occult is a synonym

A Maverick is a nonconformist

Inimical is harmful

Frantic is wildly excited with joy

46 FOIBLE:

Forte –right

Fulmination

Edacious

Covetous

Vigorous

The best answer is A

Foible means fault Forte is the antonym

Fulmination means bitter protest

Edacious means devouring

Covetous means eagerly desiring

Vigorous means strong, energetic

47 TRIFLING:

Appreciable – right

Nugatory

Veer

Salutary

Sedulous

The best answer is A

Trifling means unimportant Appreciable is the antonym Nugatory is a synonym

To Veer is to change direction

Salutary means causing improvement

Sedulous is persistent

48 SECULAR:

Reactionary

Polemic

Mellifluous

Invidious

Ecclesiastical - right

The best answer is E

Secular means nonreligious The antonym is Ecclesiastical Reactionary means opposing progress

Polemic means disputant

Mellifluous is sweet and tasty

Invidious is of an unpleasant or objectionable nature

49 INDIGENIOUS:

Fusty

Egregious

Extraneous- right

Prevalent

Illicit

The best answer is C

Indigenous means native, aboriginal The antonym is Extraneous Fusty means rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary

Egregious means openly and obviously wicked

Prevalent is common

Illicit means forbidden

50 INCHOATE:

Gist

Incipient

Lope

Completed - right

Mulish

The best answer is D

Inchoate means not yet fully formed Completed is the antonym Gist means the main idea, point

Incipient is a synonym

To Lope is to move along with long strides

Mulish means unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate

51 HUBBUB:

Gaucherie

Lumber

Equanimity - right

Epistle

Dolt

The best answer is C

Hubbub is noise, confusion Equanimity is the antonym

Gaucherie is a socially awkward, tactless behavior

To Lumber means to move in a clumsy, noisy way

An Epistle is a letter

A Dolt is a stupid person

52 ARRANT:

Cozen

Inconsistent - right

Plunge

Palatial

Misogynist

The best answer is B

Arrant is thorough The antonym is Inconsistent

To Cozen is to cheat

To Plunge is to move quickly, suddenly and with force

Palatial is magnificent

A Misogynist is a person who hates females

53 GARNISH:

Involute

Florid

Hone

Divest – right

Verve

The best answer is D

To Garnish is to decorate To Divest is to strip, make bare and is the antonym Involute means complex

Florid means reddish

A Hone is a stone used for sharpening tools

Verve means spirit, vigor

54 STYGIAN:

Cheerful - right

Turpitude

Prudish

Nonplused

Ineffable

The best answer is A

Stygian means dark, gloomy Cheerful is the antonym

Turpitude means wickedness

Prudish means easily shocked

Nonplused means greatly surprised

Ineffable is too great to be described in words