Exercise-39
Directions: Each of the following questions consists of a word or phrase within a bracket. It is followed by certain words or phrases as options. Select the word or phrase which is opposite in meaning of the word or phrase within a bracket.
1. The teacher told the student to (abridge) the essay he had written.
 (a) amplify        (b) shorten            (c) increase          (d) modify
2. The minister was accused of indulging in (nepotism). (Central Excise, 1991)
 (a) impartiality    (b) hatred            (c) condemnation    (d) indifference
3. His living style and his conduct showed him (opulent).
 (a) sumptuous    (b) drooping         (c) wealthy          (d) poor
4. Joys and tensions are (ephemeral) aspects of life.
 (a) stable         (b) permanent        (c) spiritual          (d) ethical
5. The thief (confessed) at the police station that he had stolen my watch. (Clerks’ Grade, 1993)
 (a) concealed     (b) disproved        (c) denied           (d) admitted
6. Do not (follow)
 (a) emulate       (b) praise            (c) oppose           (d) criticise
7. The complete eradication of poverty from our country is really (an illusion).
 (a) a truth         (b) a fact            (c) a reality          (d) an actuality
8. The revised pay scale is (uniform). (C.D.S. 1990)
 (a) equal          (b) different         (c) opposite         (d) varied
9. Sarita did not heed the (disdain) she had to bear at the hands of her step-mother.
 (a) penitence      (b) humility         (c) love              (d) admiration
10. I was shocked to hear the (scurrilous) talks of the members of the Board.
 (a) decent         (b) relevant         (c) accurate          (d) useful
11. Much to the (chagrin) of his parents, Ajit married a very poor girl.
 (a) satisfaction    (b) relief            (c) pleasure          (d) excitement
12. His attitude is very (N.D.A. 1992)
 (a) friendly        (b) kind            (c) humane           (d) helpful
13. (Tolerance) is the essence of religion.
 (a) Impatience    (b) Cruelty          (c) Bigotry            (d) Indifference
14. He made an (exhaustive) list of the items his secretary should attend to.
 (a) meticulous    (b) short           (c) interesting         (d) incomplete
15. His (urbane) attitude won him many friends. (C.D.S. 1992)
 (a) rude          (b) rustic           (c) violent             (d) indifferent
16. The wife fainted away, (lamenting) the death of her husband.
 (a) smiling       (b) ridiculing      (c) enjoying           (d) rejoicing
17. I can’t understand him; he is really a (queer)
 (a) strange       (b) careless        (c) ordinary            (d) unusual
18. His books are well known for their (progressive) (Railways, 1993)
 (a) useless       (b) old-fashioned   (c) complex            (d) reactionary
19. His (disposition) towards labour made him endearing to the Manager.
 (a) inclination   (b) unwillingness    (c) temperament       (d) watchfulness
20. He does every job with (great)Â zeal and vigour.
 (a) indifference (b) constraint       (c) passion            (d) difficulty
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