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38 <strong>Vocabulary</strong> <strong>4000</strong><br />

Quiz 12 (Antonyms)<br />

Directions: Choose the word most opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.<br />

Answers are on page 101.<br />

1. DISCORD: (A) agreement (B) supposition (C) strife<br />

(D) scrutiny (E) antithesis<br />

2. KEEN: (A) concentrated (B) languid (C) rash<br />

(D) caustic (E) voracious<br />

3. IRRELEVANT: (A) moot (B) onerous (C) impertinent<br />

(D) germane (E) true<br />

4. FACILITATE: (A) appease (B) expedite (C) extol<br />

(D) foil (E) precipitate<br />

5. FEND: (A) absorb (B) disperse (C) intensify<br />

(D) reflect (E) halt<br />

6. PORTLY: (A) ill (B) thin (C) dull<br />

(D) rotund (E) insipid<br />

7. DEPLETE: (A) tax (B) annotate (C) replenish<br />

(D) lecture (E) vanquish<br />

8. INCESSANT: (A) intermittent (B) continual (C) increasing<br />

(D) enclosing (E) expanding<br />

9. PERJURE: (A) absolve (B) forswear (C) impeach<br />

(D) authenticate (E) mortify<br />

10. PLETHORA: (A) dishonor (B) paucity (C) glut<br />

(D) resolve (E) deluge<br />

exemplary outstanding<br />

exempt excuse<br />

exhaustive thorough<br />

exhibitionist one who draws<br />

attention to himself<br />

exhort strongly urge<br />

exhume uncover<br />

exigency urgency<br />

exiguous scanty<br />

exile banish<br />

exodus departure, migration<br />

exonerate free from blame<br />

exorbitant expensive<br />

exorcise expel<br />

expanse extent of land<br />

expansive sweeping

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