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
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