English Questions: Antonyms – 32

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1. Precept
   1) mandate
   2) absurdity
   3) maxim
   4) motto
   5) order
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : absurdity – the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable.
   
   
2. Sultry
   1) torrid
   2) broiling
   3) dry
   4) soggy
   5) baking
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : dry
   
   
3. Rowdy
   1) uproarious
   2) moderate
   3) disorderly
   4) rebellious
   5) raucous
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation : moderate – average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.
   
   
4. Slander
   1) aspersion
   2) backbiting
   3) backstabbing
   4) belittlement
   5) glorification
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation : glorification – to give glory, honor, or high praise to; exalt.
   
   
5. Salvage
   1) salve
   2) retrieve
   3) endanger
   4) ransom
   5) redeem
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : endanger – put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
   
   
6. Scourge
   1) bane
   2) pestilence
   3) advantage
   4) visitation
   5) pest
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : Scourge – a whip used as an instrument of punishment.
   
   
7. Sedition
   1) revolt
   2)  mutiny
   3) trueness
   4) treason
   5) detest
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation : Sedition – conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
   
   
8. Orifice
   1) closure
   2) spout
   3) cavity
   4) aperture
   5) vent
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation : Orifice – an opening, particularly one in the body such as a nostril or the anus.
   
   
9. Valour
   1) mettle
   2) spunk
   3) fortitude
   4) fear
   5) hardihood
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation : Valour – great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.
   
   
10. Vagrant
    1) drifter
    2) derelict
    3) wayfarer
    4) vagabond
    5) stable
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : stable – (of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed.