Antonym Word Test For Competitive Exams: Bank, SSC, MBA (21)

ACUMEN                 EXPLICIT                        VIRULENT                       DEFICIT                                    RELINQUISH                               FRANTIC                                  REDOLENT                    TURBULENT                  ADVERSITY                                             MUSTY

Choose The Correct Antonymous (Opposite Word):-

1.  ACUMEN
[1] Intelligence
[2] Imbecility
[3] Potentiality
[4] Unfamiliarity

Right answer- Imbecility
Acumen (N)
-> the ability to understand and decide things quickly and well

2.  EXPLICIT
[1] Inspiring
[2] Plain
[3] Invigorating
[4] Implied

Right answer- Implied
Explicit (Adj.)
-> Frank, clear and easy to understand
-> saying something clearly, exactly and openly

3.   VIRULENT
[1] Harmless
[2] Malignant
[3] Hostile
[4] Vicious

Right answer- Harmless
Virulent (Adj.)
-> dangerous or harmful and quick to have an effect
-> showing strong negative and bitter feeling

4.   DEFICIT
[1] Superfluous
[2] Surplus
[3] Explicit
[4] Implicit

Right answer- Surplus
Deficit (N)
-> an excess of liabilities over assets
-> the amount by which money spent owed is greater than money earned in a particular period of time

5.  RELINQUISH
[1] Withdraw
[2] Attack
[3] Assume
[4] Conquer

Right answer- Assume
Relinquish (V)
-> give up, stop holding on to and allow to move

6.  FRANTIC
[1] Calm
[2] Hopeful
[3] Active
[4] Bitter

Right answer- Calm
Frantic (Adj.)
-> done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized
-> marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

7.   REDOLENT
[1] Pesticised
[2] Sticky
[3] Yellowish
[4] Stinking

Right answer- Stinking
Redolent (Adj.)
-> serving to bring to mind, having a strong pleasant odour

8.  TURBULENT
[1] Turbid
[2] Violent
[3] Steady
[4] Critical

Right answer- Steady
Turbulent (Adj.)
-> in which there is a lot of sudden change, confusion, disagreement and sometimes violence
-> changing direction suddenly and violently
-> (of people) noisy and difficult to control

9.   ADVERSITY
[1] Enmity
[2] Severity
[3] Prosperity
[4] Calamity

Right answer- Prosperity
Adversity (N)
-> a difficult or unpleasant situation

10.   MUSTY
[1] Fresh
[2] Expensive
[3] Clean
[4] Fine

Right answer- Fresh
Musty (Adj.)
-> smelling damp and unpleasant because of lack of fresh air

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