SSC CGL, SSC CPO, SSC Stenographer 2018 Exams are big opportunities to serve in a govt job and to live in clover. The Commission has already released exam dates for three SSC exams to be conducted in the month of January & February 2019 among which one major exam is SSC Stenographer Exam 2018, to be held from 5 to 7 February 2019. Also SSC CGL and CPO Exam dates can surprise you anytime soon. English Section carries a heavy weightage in SSC CPO & SSC Stenographer exams. Also SSC CGL is no exception. Consolidating the level, priorities and type of questions, Daily English Quiz on SSCADDA & ADDA247 App is a productive outcome of our experts' efforts to sharpen your practice skills.
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Directions (1-15): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.
Q1. INTESTATE
(a) Testate
(b) Apostate
(c) Bankrupt
(d) Distaste
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S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Intestate: not having made a will before one dies.
Testate: having made a valid will before one dies.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.
Q2. HOCK
(a) Pledge
(b) Amortize
(c) Repent
(d) Pawn
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S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Hock: to sell something that you hope to buy back later because you need money now; in debt
Amortize: reduce or pay off (a debt) with regular payments.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.
Q3. BUMPTIOUS
(a) Cocksure
(b) Modest
(c) Forward
(d) Loud
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S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Bumptious: irritatingly self -assertive
Modest: (of an amount, rate, or level) relatively moderate, limited; tolerable.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.
Q4. SACCHARINE
(a) Cloying
(b) Kind
(c) Sour
(d) Leave
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S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Saccharine: too sweet or too polite.
Sour: feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger.
Hence option C is the correct antonym.
Q5. RABBLE
(a) Rag
(b) Elite
(c) Scanty
(d) Sanction
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S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Rabble: people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.
Elite: a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.
Q6. IMBED
(a) Avulse
(b) Engraft
(c) Despotism
(d) Empathy
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S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. Imbed: to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix or to make something an integral part of.
Avulse: to pull off or tear away forcibly.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.
Q7. ROMP
(a) Caper
(b) Cavort
(c) Sulk
(d) Frisk
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S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Romp: to play and run about happily
Sulk: to be angry or irritable about something.
Hence option C is the correct antonym.
Q8. RETREAT
(a) Approach
(b) Asylum
(c) Unerring
(d) Cherish
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S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Retreat: change one's mind or plans as a result of criticism or difficulty.
Approach: a way of dealing with a situation or problem. Hence option A is the correct antonym.
Q9. TRAMPLE
(a) Squash
(b) Tread
(c) Aid
(d) Murky
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S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. Trample: tread on and crush.
Aid: help or support (someone or something).
Hence option C is the correct antonym.
Q10. PERIL
(a) Safety
(b) Fertile
(c) Stingy
(d) Exhale
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S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Peril: serious and immediate danger.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.
Q11. ALIGHT
(a) Embark
(b) Eternity
(c) Descent
(d) Despair
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S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Alight: descend from a train, bus or other form of transport.
Embark: to go onto a ship, aircraft, or train.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.
Q12. PESTILENT
(a) Innocuous
(b) Contagious
(c) Affable
(d) Honesty
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S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Pestilent: causing annoyance; troublesome.
Innocuous: not harmful or offensive.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.
Q13. EXPURGATE
(a) Bowdlerize
(b) Approve
(c) Censor
(d) Cleanse
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S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Expurgate: to remove objectionable parts from.
Bowdlerize: remove material that is considered improper or offensive.
Approve: to accept, allow, or officially agree to something.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.
Q14. GRUBBY
(a) Spotless
(b) Breakable
(c) Fortified
(d) Sordid
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S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Grubby: covered with dirt; grimy.
Spotless: having no spot.
Sordid: dirty or squalid.
Hence option A is the correct antonym.
Q15. QUACKERY
(a) Pretense
(b) Righteousness
(c) Humbug
(d) Hoax
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S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Quackery: dishonest practices and claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field.
Righteousness: the quality of being morally right or justifiable.
Humbug: deceptive or false talk or behavior.
Hence option B is the correct antonym.
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