Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
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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