Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library

The Words 33
Quiz 10 (Antonyms)
Directions: Choose the word most opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.
Answers are on page 101.
1. CURB: (A) bridle (B) encourage (C) reproach
(D) ameliorate (E) perjure
2. DOCUMENT: (A) copy (B) implement (C) gainsay
(D) blanch (E) rant
3. FLUID: (A) radiant (B) smooth (C) solid
(D) balky (E) craggy
4. BOLT: (A) linger (B) refrain from (C) subdue
(D) strip (E) transgress
5. TABLE: (A) palliate (B) acclimate (C) garner
(D) propound (E) expedite
6. HARBOR: (A) provide shelter (B) banish (C) acquiesce
(D) extol (E) capitulate
8. STEEP: (A) desiccate (B) intensify (C) pontificate
(D) whet (E) hamper
9. RENT: (A) reserved (B) restored (C) razed
(D) busy (E) kinetic
10. EXACT: (A) extract (B) starve (C) lecture
(D) menace (E) condone
dolorous gloomy
domicile home
dominion area of authority
don assume, put on
donor contributor
dormant asleep
dossier file
dotage senility
doting attending
double-entendre having two
meanings one of which is sexually
suggestive
doughty resolute, unafraid
dour sullen
dowager widow
doyen dean of a group
draconian harsh
dregs residue, riffraff
drivel inane speech
droll amusing
drone speak in a monotonic voice
dubious doubtful
ductile stretchable