Antonym Word Test For Competitive Exams: Bank, SSC, MBA (34)

ESTABLISH                 ACCELERATE                        COARSE                       DEFIANCE                                                             EVOLVING                              OVERWEENING                                 PRESUMPTION                   REDOLENT                  KOOK                                           CALLOUS

Choose The Correct Antonymous (Opposite Word):-

1.  ESTABLISH
[1] Disrupt
[2] Uproot
[3] Corrode
[4] Negate

Right answer- Uproot
Establish (V)
-> set up or lay the groundwork for something
-> to start or create an organization

2.  ACCELERATE
[1] Creep
[2] Drag
[3] Lag
[4] Move slowly

Right answer- Move slowly
Accelerate (V)
-> to happen or to make something happen faster

3.   COARSE
[1] Beautiful
[2] Soft
[3] Fine
[4] Attractive

Right answer- Fine
Coarse (Adj.)
-> rude and offensive
-> rough (about of skin or cloth)

4.   DEFIANCE
[1] Dismay
[2] Suspicion
[3] Obedience
[4] Anxiety

Right answer- Obedience
Defiance (N)
-> open refusal to obey somebody

5.  EVOLVING
[1] Retreating
[2] Stifling
[3] Stagnating
[4] Suffering

Right answer- Stagnating
Evolving (V)
-> to develop gradually
-> gain through experience

6.  OVERWEENING
[1] Humble
[2] Sedate
[3] Miserly
[4] Clever

Right answer- Humble
Overweening (Adj.)
-> showing too much confidence or pride

7.   PRESUMPTION
[1] Resumption
[2] Proposition
[3] Humility
[4] Assumption

Right answer- Humility
Presumption (N)
-> behaviour that is too confident and show a lack of respect for other people
-> something that is though to be true

8.  REDOLENT
[1] Stinking
[2] Sickly
[3] Yellowish
[4] Gloomy

Right answer- Stinking
Redolent (Adj.)
-> something that makes pretty strong impression on you
-> noticeably odorous
-> having a strong pleasant odour

9.   KOOK
[1] Illiterate
[2] Sane
[3] Pecular
[4] Foolish

Right answer- Sane
Kook (N)
-> a person who acts in a strange or crazy way

10.   CALLOUS
[1] Confident
[2] Sentimental
[3] Sensitive
[4] Capable

Right answer- Sensitive
Callous (Adj.)
-> not caring about other people's feelings

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