ANTONYMS ---- 36 TO 70

Which of these words is most nearly the opposite of the

word provided?

36. withdraw

a. reduce

b. need

c. advance

d. want

37. secret

a. friendly

b. covert

c. hidden

d. overt

38. heartfelt

a. loving

b. insincere

c. unhealthy

d. humorous

39. impartial

a. hostile

b. biased

c. dislike

d. worried

40. luminous

a. clear

b. dim

c. brittle

d. clever

41. awe

a. borrow

b. shallow

c. low

d. contempt

42. pit

a. group

b. peak

c. select

d. marry

43. rotund

a. round

b. unimportant

c. thin

d. dull

44. talent

a. ungrateful

b. silent

c. show

d. inability

45. common

a. strange

b. uneasy

c. quick

d. fast

46. brazen

a. bashful

b. boisterous

c. noisy

d. heated

47. expect

a. attend

b. regret

c. despair

d. loathe

48. malodorous

a. acrid

b. pungent

c. fragrant

d. delicious

49. expound

a. besmirch

b. confuse

c. confine

d. condemn

50. pique

a. value

b. gully

c. smooth

d. soothe

51. abate

a. free

b. augment

c. provoke

d. wane

52. dearth

a. lack

b. poverty

c. abundance

d. foreign

53. peaked

a. tired

b. arrogant

c. pointy

d. ruddy

54. abridge

a. shorten

b. extend

c. stress

d. easy

55. kindle

a. smother

b. detest

c. enemy

d. discourage

56. meager

a. kind

b. generous

c. thoughtful

d. copious

57. philistine

a. novice

b. intellectual

c. pious

d. debutante

58. zenith

a. worst

b. apex

c. nadir

d. past

59. germane

a. irrelevant

b. indifferent

c. impartial

d. improvident

60. irascible

a. determined

b. placid

c. reasonable

d. pliant

61. approbate

a. ingratitude

b. condemn

c. dissatisfaction

d. master

62. supercilious

a. unimportant

b. relevant

c. serious

d. meek

63. improvident

a. cautious

b. fortunate

c. proven

d. intelligent

64. demur

a. embrace

b. crude

c. boisterous

d. falter

65. fatuous

a. crafty

b. frugal

c. sensible

d. inane

66. quiescent

a. lackadaisical

b. active

c. dull

d. prescient

67. sartorial

a. cheerful

b. sincere

c. inelegant

d. homespun

68. sapient

a. hunched

b. strong

c. simple

d. simian

69. matutinal

a. paternal

b. crepuscular

c. maritime

d. marsupial

70. impecunious

a. wealthy

b. cautious

c. hungry

d. tardy

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Answers  (opposites  -- antonyms)

36. c. to withdraw means to remove or retreat; to advance is the

opposite of retreat

37. d. secret means hidden or covert; overt means open to view

38. b. heartfelt means expressing genuine feeling, or sincere, so

insincere is its opposite

39. b. impartial means to be without prejudice or bias, therefore

biased is the opposite

40. b. luminous means radiating or reflecting light, or glowing; dim

means dark or dull

41. d. awe means a sense of deep respect or veneration; contempt

means a lack of respect, or disdain

42. b. a pit is a hole and a peak is the top of a hill or mountain

43. c. rotund means rounded or plump, therefore thin is the opposite

44. d. a talent is a special creative or artistic ability, therefore inability

is the opposite

45. a. common means ordinary or familiar; strange means unfamiliar

46. a. brazen means to be defiant or insolent; bashful means to be shy

or timid

47. c. to expect is to wait for or to look forward to; to despair is to

lose all hope

48. c. malodorous means to have a bad smell; fragrant means

smelling sweet or delicate

49. b. to expound means to explain; to confuse, or confound, is the

opposite of expound

50. d. to pique means to excite or irritate; to soothe means to calm

51. b. to abate means to reduce in degree or intensity; to augment

means to increase

52. c. dearth means an inadequate supply or lack of something;

abundance means an ample quantity, or wealth

53. d. to be peaked is to appear pale or wan; to be ruddy is to have a

healthy, red complexion

54. b. to abridge means to shorten and to extend means to lengthen

55. a. to kindle means to start burning or ignite; to smother means to

stifle or suppress

56. d. meager means lacking in quality or quantity; copious means

present in large quantity, or abundant

57. b. philistine is used disparagingly to describe a person guided by

material rather than intellectual values; an intellectual is a

person who engages in creative use of his or her intellect

58. a. zenith means the highest point or the apex; nadir means the

lowest point

59. a. germane means to be appropriate or relevant, therefore

irrelevant is the opposite

60. b. irascible means easily angered; placid means calm or serene

61. b. to approbate means to approve or sanction; to condemn means

to declare wrong or to convict

62. d. supercilious means coolly or patronizingly haughty; meek

means enduring injury with patience and without resentment

63. a. improvident means lacking prudent foresight, or careless;

cautious means to be wary or to exercise forethought

64. a. to demur means to delay or hesitate; to embrace means to

accept readily or gladly; demure means coy

65. c. fatuous means inanely foolish; sensible is its nearest opposite

66. b. quiescent means marked by inactivity or repose, therefore

active is the opposite

67. a. sartorial means of or relating to tailored clothes; homespun

means homemade

68. c. sapient means possessing great wisdom, or sage; one meaning of

simple is deficient in intelligence

69. b. matutinal means of or relating to the morning; crepuscular

means relating to or resembling twilight

70. a. impecunious means having little or no money, therefore

wealthy is the opposite