Antonym test B
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Antonym test B is a series of 20 questions designed to test your knowledge of the language and your ability to quickly identify words that have opposite meanings. In each case, choose just the two words from the six words provided that are most opposite in meaning.
You have 20 minutes in which to solve the 20 questions.
1. wet, murky, cheerful, bright, still, happy
2. scarce, unwise, profuse, moral, ample, absent
3. contradict, continue, promote, intensify, quell, substantiate
4. fatuous, irrelevant, similar, therapeutic, contrary, rash
5. rigid, fluent, baroque, faltering, bare, effective
6. saturation, remuneration, tradition, reflection, salvation, perdition
7. eerie, hazardous, secure, active, restrained, sad
8. wise, foolproof, enlarged, wasteful, frugal, weak
9. candid, lucid, ignorant, angry, subtle, strong
10. sparse, gregarious, unsociable, graceful, weak, confused
11. litigate, allow, proffer, spread, proscribe, disagree
12. bob, rear, train, sail, bow, genuflect
13. important, rich, free, elevated, petty, perverse
14. neglected, brief, diplomatic, palpable, rude, devious
15. capture, absolve, captivate, diminish, hide, convict
16. climax, liking, zest, flavour, apathy, reluctance
17. trouble, turmoil, drivel, joy, passion, calm
18. elastic, severed, taut, level, slack, pliant
19. popinjay, neophyte, instructor, gambler, prize-fighter, aviator
20. humane, phlegmatic, erudite, solid, animated, healthy