Tamilnadu state board 10th standard English vocabulary antonyms


Antonyms

A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

 

Choose the most appropriate antonym of the bold word.


1.Technology impacts the environment, people and the society as a whole.

(a) partial (b) entire (c) unabridged (d) hollow

Answer:(a) partial

2.They continue to grapple with the challenges of inclusion.

(a) seclusion (b) enclosure (c) addition (d) exclusion

Answer:(d) exclusion


Tamilnadu stateboard 10th English Vocabulary Antonyms



3.Your entire energy management can be taken care by automating.

(a) complete (b) perfect (c) partial (d) whole

Answer:(c) partial



4.Well, anything which is a certain threshold, can be self-ordered.

(a) unsure (b) sure (c) convinced (d) ascertain

Answer:(a) unsure


5.Your refrigerator can directly link to the e-commerce site.

(a) unswervingly (b) openly (c) indirectly (d) straightly

Answer:(c) indirectly


6.India Meteorological Department collected data for monitoring marine pollution.

(a) distributed (b) cancelled (c) threshold (d) bridge

Answer:(a) distributed



7.It is a great boost to women in the country.

(a) broaden (b) increase (c) knock (d) brew

Answer:(c) knock


8.You don’t have to use any auxiliary means of repulsion.

(a) disgust (b) revolution (c) repercussions (d) attraction

Answer:(d) attraction



9.It is about a hurricane force of wind on land.

(a) farce (b) vigour (c) weakness (d) potency

Answer:(c) weakness



10.I wanted to make sure that I complete this journey with ultimate honesty.

(a) honourable (b) dishonesty (c) rectitude (d) scrupulousness

Answer:(b) dishonesty



11.So my contention was to go by the rules of circumnavigation.

(a) disagreement (b) agreement (c) dispute (d) deputation

Answer:(b) agreement



12.The ghost raised such a hullabaloo of misunderstandings.

(a) misinterpretation (b) calculations (c) silence (d) tumult

Answer:(c) silence



13.They were the steps of a man walking rapidly.

(a) forcibly (b) speedily (c) hurriedly (d) leisurely

Answer:(d) leisurely



14.The cops were reluctant to leave.

(a) indisposed (b) settle (c) keen (d) lazy

Answer:(c) keen


TamilNadu stateboard Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Vocabulary Antonyms



15.The police were on hand in a commendably short time.

(a) laudably (b) outrageously (c) committedly (d) admirably

Answer:(b) outrageously



16.He believed that General Meade’s men, were beginning to retreat.

(a) rejoice (b) advance (c) evacuation (d) withdrawal

Answer:(b) advance



17.The steps had ceased.

(a) stopped (b) seized (c) begun (d) terminated

Answer:(c) begun



18.Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go.

(a) hassled (b) released (c) relaxed (d) warmed

Answer:(c) relaxed


19.The oppressors dominated over the language and culture of the Germans.

(a) liberated (b) released (c) conquered (d) controlled

Answer:(a) liberated



20.The Prussians defeated the French.

(a) aimed (b) brought (c) triumphed (d) drained

Answer:(c) triumphed



21.He has been sinking.

(a) drowning (b) foaling (c) running (d) sleeping

Answer:(b) foaling



22.The man was startled.

(a) reassured (b) amused (c) alarmed (ð) annoyed

Answer:(a) reassured



23.He was a frail man.

(a) weak (b) feeble (c) strong (d) thin

Answer:(c) strong



24.How ignorant you are!

(a) lacking in knowledge (b) well- informed (c) uninformed (d) unaware

Answer:(b) well- informed



25.You will Persuade him to come.

(a) dissuade (b) urge (c) distract

Answer:(a) dissuade



26.He failed to muster up courage to take that plunge.

(a) dive (b) climb (c) fall (d) plume

Answer:(b) climb


 Tamil Nadu state board Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Vocabulary Antonyms


27.He even gnawed at the dried pieces of eggshell.

(a) parched (b) dehydrated (c) fresh (d) new

Answer:(c) fresh


28.He then trotted back and forth from one end of the ledge to the other.

(a) scurried (b) sauntered (c) tracked (d) rolled

Answer:(b) sauntered



 29.The precipice was sheer.

(a) steep (b) gradual (c) effervescence (d) recap

Answer:(b) gradual



30.They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly.

(a) summoning (b) signaling (c) dismissing (d) requesting

Answer