SSC English- Antonyms

Practice Antonyms quiz for SSC CGL Mains exam, SSC 10+2 exam based on previous paper questions

Directions (1-10): Choose the option which is the antonym of the word mentioned in the question.

Q1.  STAMPING

(a) clomp

(b) glide

(c) clump

(d) barge

     

Q2. MARAUDING

(a) despoil

(b) protect

(c) pillage

(d) ransack

    

Q3. INVADERS

(a) ambuscader

(b) belligerent

(c) assailant

(d) pacifist

     

Q4. MILITANTS

(a) uncombative

(b) truculent

(c) discordant

(d) brawly

     

Q5. AFTERMATH

(a) corollary

(b) occasion

(c) resultant

(d) outgrowth

     

Q6. PAUNCH

(a) Sleekness

(b) overweight

(c) stoutness

(d) chunkiness

     

Q7. ABANDONED

(a) forgotten

(b) derelict

(c) desolate

(d) rehabbed

     

Q8. REGIMENT  

(a) brigade

(b) battalion

(c) company

(d) varied

     

Q9.  VIGIL

(a) Disregard

(b) lookout

(c) observation

(d) scrutiny

     

Q10. SLAIN

(a) animate

(b) croak

(c) dispatch

(d) scrag

Answers

1. (b) STAMPING -> to walk heavily and noisily

2. (b) MARAUDING -> to search through with the intent of committing robbery

3. (d) INVADERS -> one that starts armed conflict against another especially without 

4. (a) MILITANTS -> feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

5 .(b) AFTERMATH -> a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause

6. (a) PAUNCH -> an enlarged or bulging abdomen

7. (d) ABANDONED -> left unoccupied or unused

8. (d) REGIMENT -> an act or period of watching for signs of activity, danger, or opportunity

9. (a) VIGIL -> a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep

10. (a)  SLAIN -> to deprive of life

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