Verbal Ability Test Questions - Antonyms - Set 1

1)   DELETERIOUS

a. numerous
b. eradication
c. vibrating
d. spurious
e. curative
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: curative

Explanation:
Deleterious is harmful. Exactly opposite to curative.

2)   INVEIGLE

a. induce
b. encounter
c. beguile
d. persuade
e. wheedle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: encounter

Explanation:
Inveigle means to win over by flattery. The opposite logically is to encounter to drive back or to repel.

3)   VICIOUS

a. depraved
b. moral
c. profligate
d. iniquitous
e. ferocious
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: moral

Explanation:
Vicious means given or readily disposed to evil hence its opposite is moral

4)   SPURIOUS

a. poisonous
b. mock
c. feigned
d. authentic
e. peremptory
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: authentic

Explanation:
Authentic means genuine or veritable. Spurious means false or fraudulent.

5)   INTRANSIGENT

a. uncompromising
b. inflexible
c. cooperative
d. arrogant
e. willful
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cooperative

Explanation:
Intransigent means refusing or compromise or irreconcilable.

6)   HETEROGENEOUS

a. uniform
b. dispersed
c. abridged
d. mixture
e. simple
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: uniform

Explanation:
Something heterogeneous consists of dissimilar ingredients whereas something uniform is undiversified.

7)   INTROVERTED

a. shy
b. reserved
c. extrospective
d. interrogative
e. uncommunicative
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: extrospective

Explanation:
To be introverted is to be turned inwards. To be interested in others is to be turned outwards hence extrospective is the right choice.

8)   HILARITY

a. cheerfulness
b. sorrow
c. glee
d. visibility
e. mirthfulness
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: sorrow

Explanation:
Hilarity is great merriment whereas sorrow is deep regret or sadness.

9)   LEVITATE

a. wonder
b. defame
c. supernatural
d. regorous
e. float in the air
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: defame

Explanation:
To levitate is to cause to rise. To anchor is to hold down.

10)   INEXORABLE

a. Repetitive
b. Tractable
c. Garish
d. Brackish
e. Mnemonics
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tractable

Explanation:
Inexorable means uncompromising or rigid tractable means yielding or docile.

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