Analogies and antonyms practice

This file contains 57 antonym and over 250 analogies with
full answers and explanations.


Good luck on your test.

1. PRECARIOUS:

Vulnerable
Perilous
Dependable – right
Ecclesiastic
Preplanned

The best answer is C
Precarious means uncertain, unsafe, while Dependable is the antonym.
Vulnerable means not protected.

Perilous means dangerous and is more of a synonym.
Ecclesiastic means a priest.
Preplanned in not an antonym of unsafe.


2. PREDILECTION:

Disinclination - right
Predisposition
Plight
Impetuousness
Augmentation

The best answer is A.
Predilection means special liking, mental preference, Disinclination is the
antonym.
Predisposition is a synonym.
Plight means misfortune.
Impetuousness means hastiness.
Augmentation means growth.


3. ABJURE:

Uphold– right
Brook
Steadfast
Recantation
Abrogation


Abjure means deny, while Uphold is the antonym.
Brook means to endure, which is second best here.
Steadfast means steady.
Recantation means denial and could be used as a far synonym.
Abrogation means termination and is no antonym.

4. METICULUOS:

Painstaking -
Negligent – right
Acarpous
Castigation
Fracas

The best answer is B.
Meticulous is precise or Painstaking.
Negligent is an antonym.
Acarpous means worn out.
Castigation means severe punishment.
Fracas is a noisy quarrel.


5. GUILE:

Fraudulence
Impertinent
Miscreant
Veracity – right.
Palatial


The best answer is D.
Guile means deceit, Veracity is the antonym.
Fraudulence is a synonym.
Impertinent is given to insolent rudeness
Miscreant means a villain.
Palatial is magnificent.


6. VITIATE:

Temperance
Surfeit
Posit
Itinerate
Reinforce - right

The best answer is E.
Vitiate means to weaken or to dilute. To reinforce is the antonym.
Temperance means self-control.
Surfeit means to satiate.
Posit means to suggest.
Itinerate means to travel from place to place.




7. LAMENTABLE:

Inculcated
Libertine

Felicitous – right
Deplorable
Heinous

The best answer is C.
Lamentable means grievous and unfortunate. Felicitous means happy or
fortunate and is therefore the antonym.
Inculcated means something fixed by repetitions.
Libertine means an immoral person.
Deplorable means lamentable and is a synonym.
Heinous means hated.


8. GLUT:

Gormandize
Frugal
Mollify
Undersupply - right
Pious

The best answer is D.
To glut is to over supply, to overfeed. Undersupply is the antonym
Gormandize is a synonym.
Frugal means careful, economical.
Mollify means to calm or make quiet.
Pious means devoted to his parents.


9. QUERULOUS:


Peevish
Complacent
Precarious
Irrevocable
Altercate


The best answer is B.
Querulous is someone that complains a lot. Complacent means agreeable and
is the antonym.
Peevish is a synonym.
Precarious means risky, dangerous.
Irrevocable means final.
Altercate means to dispute angrily.


10. DIFFIDENCE:

Audaciousness - right
Cornucopia
Extempore
Hubris
Lustrous

The best answer is A.
Diffidence means shyness. Audaciousness means boldness and is the antonym.
Cornucopia means an abundant supply.
Extempore means without previous thought or preparation.
Hubris means arrogant pride.

Lustrous means polished.


11. LICENTIOUS:

Scrupulous – right
Lionized
Iconoclast
Fanciful
Dubious

The best answer is A.
Licentious means amoral lawless, while its antonym, scrupulous, means moral
and law abiding.
Lionized means treated as a famous person.
Iconoclast means a person who attacks popular beliefs.
Fanciful means imaginary.
Dubious is a person feeling doubt.


12. EQUIVOCAL:

Equipoise
Foolproof
Morose
Petrous
Explicit - right


The best answer is E.

Equivocal means having a double or unclear meaning. While Explicit, the
antonym means being clear and unambiguous.
Foolproof means unable to fail or err.
Morose means unsocial.
Petrous means hard, stony.
Equipoise means an equal distribution of weight.

13. PHILISTINE:

Mercurial
Highbrow - right
Bourgeois
Luminary
Halcyon


The best answer is E.
Philistine means a barbarian, a savage. Highbrow is the antonym – a cultural
person.
Mercurial means quick, fleeting.
Bourgeois is a synonym.
Luminary is a light-giving object.
Halcyon means calm and peaceful, second best here but not precise enough.


14. FINICKY:

Niggling
Eschew
Ingress

Minatory
Slovenly - right


The best answer is E.
Finicky means over particular, over precise. Slovenly is the antonym and
means negligent.
Niggling is a synonym.
Eschew means to avoid.
Ingress is the art of entrance.
Minatory means threatening.


15. OCCLUDED:

Congested
Nugatory
Unclogged – right
Perfidious
Servile

The best answer is C.
Occluded means blocked up. Unclogged in the antonym and means open.
Congested is a synonym.
Nugatory means worthless.
Perfidious means done as a duty, without care.
Servile means lacking independence, slave like.
16. VERDANT:

Seminal

Luxuriant
Nexus
Autumnal - right
Insipid

The best answer is D.
Verdant means fresh and green. Autumnal is the antonym and means dying.
Seminal is originative.
Luxuriant is a synonym.
Nexus means a link, a connection.
Insipid is tasteless.


17. PRECLUD:

Facilitate - right
Miscreant
Inimical
Fledged
Evince

The best answer is A.
Preclude means to prevent, stop. Facilitate means make easy, enable, and is
the antonym.
Miscreant means a villain.
Inimical is harmful or toxic.
Fledged means able to fly has all of his feathers (a chick).
Evince means to show clearly.



18. DIVULGE:

Interdict
Obloquy
Conceal-right
Relapse
Subjugate


The best answer is C.
Divulge means disclose, reveal a secret. Conceal means to hide that secret and
is the antonym.
Interdict means to forbid or prohibit.
Obloquy means sharp criticism.
Relapse means to fall back again.
Subjugate means to concur.

19. TEETOTALER:

Sordid
Dipsomaniac- right
Abstainer
Stymie
Multifarious

The best answer is B.
Teetotaler means an opposer of alcohol. A Dip somatic is an alcoholic and is
the antonym.
Abstainer is a synonym.
Stymie means to obstruct, to block.

Sordid means comfortless.
Multifarious means varied.


20. INELUCTABLE:

Ineludible
Dubious – right
Unfeigned
Disinter
Ameliorate

The best answer is B.
Ineluctable is inevitable. Dubious is the antonym.
Ineludible is a synonym.
Unfeigned is sincere.
Disinter means dig up.
Ameliorate means to improve.




















21. ABEYANCE:

Continuance - right
Hiatus
Churl
Epitome
Fringe


The best answer is A.
Abeyance means suspended action. The antonym is Continuance.
Hiatus is a synonym.
Churl means a bad tempered person.
Epitome means a brief summary.
Fringe means an edge.


22. IMPERIOUS:

Despotic
Grovel
Ennui
Servile - right

Mischievous


The best answer is D.
Imperious means arrogant, commanding. The antonym is servile.
Despotic is a synonym.
Grovel means to crawl, to humble yourself.
Ennui means boredom.
Mischievous is harmful.


















23. MORDANT:

Imbroglio

Lucubrate
Hallow
Epicurean
Charitable - right


The best answer is E.
Mordant means sarcastic, biting. Charitable is the antonym.
Imbroglio means a complicated and embarrassing situationץ
Lucubrate means to write in a scholarly fashion
Hallow means to make holy.
Epicurean means devoted to pleasure.


24. SOPORIFIC:

Profuse
Animated – right.
Intransigent
Elaborated
Somniferous


The best answer is B.
Soporific means sleep inducing and heavy. The antonym animated, means live
and full of motion.
Profuse is abundant.
Intransigent means uncompromising.
Elaborated is in great detail.
Somniferous is a synonym.