Verbal Reasoning - Antonyms

Antonyms

Letter-'A'

1.ADULATION X CRITICISM
Meaning : Flattery,Admiratioin(respect highly)
Usage : The rock star thrived on the adulation
of his groupies and yes-men.

2.ADVOCATE X OPPOSE
Meaning : A person who recommends a policy,
recommended(v).
Usage : The abolitionists advocated freedom
for the slaves.

3.AFFABLE X RUDE
Meaning : Easyilyapproachable,warmly friendly.
Usage : Nicholas was amazed at how affable
his new employer was.

4.AFFECTED X UNFEIGNED
Meaning : Artificial,pretended manner,assumed
inorder to impress.
Usage : His affected mannerisms his harvard
accent, his air of boredom his use of obscure foreign words
bugged us.

5.AFFLUENCE X POVERTY
Meaning : Abundance,wealth.
Usage : Foreigners are amaged by the affluence
and luxury of american way of life.

6.AGILITY X AWKWARDNESS
Meaning : Nimbleness,quick removing.
Usage : The agility of the acrobat amazed and
thrilled the audience.

7.ALACRITY X SLOWNESS
Meaning : cheerful ,promptness,eagerness.
Usage : They packedup their skigear and
climbed into the van with alacrity.

8.ALLEVIATE X WORSEN
Meaning : Relieve.
Usage : This should alloviate the pain,
if it does not we shal have to use stronger drugs.
9.ALLUR X REPEL
Meaning : Entice,attract.
Usage : Allured by the song of the sirens,
the helmsman steered the ship towards the roof.
10.ALOO X GRAGARIOUS
Meaning : apart,reserved.
Usage : Shy by nature,she remained aloof
while all the rest conversed.
11.AMALGAMATE X SEPARATE
Meaning : combine,unite in one body.
Usage : the union will attempt to amalgamate
their groups into one national body
12.AMBIGUOUS X CLEAR
Meaning : Unclear,doubtful in meaning.
Usage : His ambiguous instructions misled us,
we did not know which road to take.
13.AMBLE X HASTEN
Meaning : Moving at an easy pace.
Usage : When she first mounted the horse,
she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a
gentle amble.
14.AMBULATORY X BEDRIDDEN
Meaning : Able to walk,not bedridden.
Usage : Calvin was a highly ambulatory
patient,not only did he refused to be confined to bed,but
also he insisted onriding his skate board up down the halls.
15.AMELIORATE X MAKE WORSE
Meaning : Improve.
Usage : Many social workers have attempted
to amelirate the the conditions of people living in the slums.
16.ANALOGOUS X NOT COMPARABLE
Meaning : Comparable.
Usage : she called our attention to the things
that had been done in
an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same.
17.ANATHEMATIZE X BLESS
Meanin : Curse.
Usage : The ayotolla khomeini heaped anatheme
upon “The Great satan”,that is the us.
18.ANOMALY X REGULARITY
Meaning : Irregularity
Usage : A bird that can not fly is an anomaly.
19.ANTIPATHY X FONDNESS
Meaning : Aversion,dislike.
Usage : Among his other antipathies are
honking cars,boom boxes and heavy metal rock.
20.ANTITHISIS X SIMILARITY
Meaning : Contrast,direct opposite of or to.
Usage : This tyranny was the antithisis of
all that he had hopped for ,and he tought it with all his
strenghts.
Letter-'B'
Letter-'B'
1.BAROUQUE X SIMPLE
Meaning : highly ornate
Usage : Accustomed to the severe,angular
lines of modern skyscrapers ,they found the flamboyance
of baroque architecture amusing.
2.BEATIFIC X DREADFUL
Meaning : Giving bliss
Usage : The beatific smile on child's face
made us very happy.
3.BELITTLE X EXTOL
Meaning : Disparage,deprecate
Usage : Parents should not belittle the
children's early attempts at drawing, but should encourage
their efforts.
4.BELLICOSE X PEACEFUL
Meaning : Warlike
Usage : His bellicose disposition alienated
his friends.
5.BENIGN X MALIGANT
Meaning : Kindly,Favorable.
Usage : Benign at poor people is the best
nature of human beings.
6.BENISON X CURSE
Meaning : Blessing
Usage : Let us pay that benision of peace
oncemore shall prevail among the nations of the world.
7.BERATE X PRAISE
Meaning : Scold strongly.
Usage : He feared, she would berate him
for his forgetfulness.
8.BESTIAL X NOBLE
Meaning : Beastlike,brutial,inhuman.
Usage : The red cross sought to put an
end to the bestial treatment of prisoners of war.
9.BIGOTRY X TOLERANCE
Meaning : Stubborn,intolerance.
Usage : Brought up in a democratic atmosphere
the student was shocked by the bigotry and narrowness
expressed by several of his classmates.
10.BIZARRE X NORMAL
Meaning : Fantastic
Usage : the plot of novel was too bizarre to be
believed.
11.BLANCH X DARKEN
Meaning : Bleach,whiten.
Usage : Although age had blanched his hair,
he was still vigorous and energitic.
12.BLEND X SOFT
Meaning : Soothing or mild,agreeable.
Usage : Jill tried a bland onitment for
his sunburn.
13.BLESE X ARDENT
Meaning : Bored with pleasure or dissipation.
Usage : Although beth was an thrilled with
the idea of atrip to paris as her classmates were, she tried
to act supercool and blasé as if she'd been abroad hundreds
of times.
14.BLITHE X CHEERLESS
Meaning : Gay,joyous
Usage : Shelley called skylark a blithe spirit
because of its happy song.
15.BLEAK X CHEERFUL
Meaning : Unlikely to be favorable,clod or
cheerless.
Usage : The frigid inhospitable aleution islands
are bleak militory outposts.
Letter-'C'
Letter-'C'
1.CAPACIOUS X NOT SPACIOUS
Meaning : SPACIOUS
Usage : The capacious areas of railroad terminal,
thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their trains.
2.CAPRICIOUS X STEADFAST
Meaning : Unpredictable,fickle.
Usage : The storm was capricious it changed
course constantly.
3.CAPTIOUS X TOLERANT
Meaning : Faultfinding
Usage : His criticisms were always capacious
and frivolus,never offering constructive suggestions.
4.CARNAL X SPIRITUAL
Meaning : Freshly
Usage : Is the public more interesed in carnal
pleasures than in spiritual matters?
5.CARNIVOROUS X VEGITARIAN
Meaning : Meat-eating
Usage : A cow is not a carnivore,she likes the
taste of grain, not gore.
6.CARPING X UNCRITICAL
Meaning : Petty criticism,fault finding
Usage : Welcoming constructive criticism, lexy
appreciated her editor;'s comments, finding them free of carping.
7.CASTIGATION X COMMENDATION
Meaning : Punishment,severe criticism.
Usage : Sensitive even to mild criticism, woolf
could not bear the castigation that she found in certain reviews.
8.CATEGORIAL X QUALIFIED
Meaning : Without exceptions,unqualified.
Usage : Though the captain claimed he was never,
sick at sea, he finally qualified his categorial denial.
9.CATHOLIC X NARROW
Meaning : Universal,wide ranging liberal.
Usage : He was extremely catholic in his taste
and read everything the could find in the library.
10.CELERITY X DELAY
Meaning : Speed,rapidity
Usage : Hamlet resented his mother's celerity
in remarrying
within a month after his father's death.
11.CELIBATE X MARRIED
Meaning : Unmarried,Abstaining from sexual
intecourse.
Usage : Though the late havelock ellis wrote
extensively about.Recentstudies maintain he was celebrate
throughout his life.
12.CENSURE X PRAISE
Meaning : Blame,criticize
Usage : The senator was censured for behavior
in appropriate to a member of congress.
13.CENTRIFUGAL X CENTRIPETAL
Meaning : Radiating,departing from center.
Usage : Many automatic drying machines remove
excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force.
14.CESSATION X GRAVITY
Meaning : Stoppage
Usage : The airline employees threatened
acessation of all work if managemet failed meet their demands.
15.CHAFFING X CAPITILISTIC
Meaning : Bantering,joking
Usage : Sometimes chad's flipant, chaffing
remarks aanoy us still chad's keeps us laughing.
Letter-'D'
Letter-'D'
1. DANK X DRY
Meaning : The Damp
Usage : The walls of the dungeon were dank and
slimy
2. DAPPER X UNTIDY
Meaning : neat and trim
Usage : In the odd couple, Tony Randall played
Felix Unger,an excessively dapper soul who could not stand
to have a hair out of place
3. DAUNTLESS X COWERDLY
Meaning : bold
Usage : despite the dangerous nature of the
undertaking,the dauntless soldier volunteered for the
assignment
4. DEARTH X BUNDANCE
Meaning : scarity
Usage : the dearth of the skilled labor
compelled the employeers to open trade schools
5. DEBACLE X PROGRESS
Meaning : Sudden downfall, complete disaster
Usage : Air plane movies, every flight turns
into a debacle, with passengers and crew members collapsing,
engines falling apart, and carry-on baggage popping out of
the overhead bins
6. DEBILIATE X STRENGTHEN
Meaning : weaken,Enfeeble
Usage : Michael's severe bout of the flu
debilitated him very much that he was too tired to go to
work for a week
7. DEBONAIR X AWKWARD
Meaning : Friendly, aiming to please
Usage : The debonair youth was liked by
all who met him,because of his cheerful and obliging manner
8. DEROGATORY X PRAISING
Meaning : Expression a low opinion
Usage : I resent your derogatory remark
.
9. DESECRATE X CONSERETE
Meaning : profane, violate the sancitity of
Usage : Shattering the altar and trampling
the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrated the
sanctuary
10. DESTITUTE X AFFLUENT
Meaning : extremely poor
Usage : because they had no health insurance,
the father's costly illness left the family destitute.
11. DEVOID X FULL OF
Meaning : lacking
Usage : you may think cher's mind is a
total void, but she's actually not devoid of intelligence.
she just sounds like an airhead
12. DEVOUT X IMPOUS
Meaning : pious
Usage : the devout man prayed daily
13. DIABOLICAL X SERAPHIC
Meaning : devilish
Using : ”what a fiend i am, to devise such
a deabolical scheme to destroy Gotham city” chortled the
joker.
14. DIATRIBE X EULOGY
Meaning : Bitter Scolding, investive
Using : During the leanghty diatribe delivered
by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled.
15. DIFFDENCE X BOLDNESS
Meaning : Shyness
Usage : You must ovrecome your dffidence if you
intend to become a salesperson
16. DILATE X CONTRAST
Meaning : Expand
Usage : In the dark the pupils of your eyes
dilate.
17. DILATORY X PROMPT
Meaning : delaying
Usage : your dilatory tactics may compel
me to cancel the contact.
18. DIMINUTION X APPRECIATION
Meaning : Lessening, reduction in size
Usage : Old Jack was as sharp at eighty as
he had been at fifty;increasing age led no diminution of
hes mental acuity.
19. DIN X SILENCE
Meaning : continued loud noice
Usage : The din of the jack-hammers
outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer's
voice.
20. DISABUSE X DECEIVE
Meaning : Correct a false impression, undeceive.
Usage : I will attempt to disabuse you of your
impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.
21. DISCONSOLATE X JOYOUS
Meaning : sad
Usage : The death of his wife left him
desconsolate.
Letter-'E'
Letter-'E'
1.ENERVATE X STRENGTHEN
2.ENHANCE X DEGRADE
3.ENNUI X EXCITEMENT.
4.ENUNCIATE X MUMBLE
5.EPHEMERAL X ETERNAL
6.EQUABLE X STORMY
7.EQUANIMITY X AGITATION
8.EQUILIBRIUM X IMBALANC
9.EWUITABLE X UNFAIR
10.EQUIVOCAL X CLEAR
11.ERRATIC X STEADY
12.ERRONEOUS X ACCURATE
13.ERUDITE X IGNORANT
14.ETHEREAL X EARTHY
15.EULOGISTIC X CRITCAL
Letter-'G'
Letter-'G'
1.GRANDIOSE X SIMPLE
Meaning : Impressive,planned on large scale,ridiculusly
exaggerated,pretentious.
Usage : The aged matinee idol still had grandiose
notation of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
2.GRATUITOUS X WARRANTED
Meaning : Given frely,unwarranted,uncalled for.
Usage : Quit making gratuitous comments about my
driving no one asked you for your opinion.
3.GREGARIOUS X ANTISOCIA
Meaning : Helpful,sociable
Usage : Typically party-throwers are gregarious,hermits
are not.
4.GRISLY X ANTISOCIAL
Meaning : Ghastly,causing fear, informal very unpleasent.
Usage : She shuddered at the grisly sight.
5.GULLIBLE X INCREDULOUS
Meaning : Easily deceived
Usage : Guillible people have only themselvesto blame if
they fall for can artists repeatedly.
6.GUSTO X DISTASTE
Meaning : Enjoyment,enthusiasm
Usage : He accepted the assignment with such gusto that
i feel he would have been satisfied with a small salary.
7.GUSTY X CALM
Meaning : Windy,brave,spirited,greedy
Usage : The gusty weather made sailing.
Letter-'H'
Letter-'H'
1.HACKNEYED X ORIGINAL
Meaning : Overused,lacking impact,commonplace
Usage : When the reviewer criticized the movie
for its hackneyed spot, we agreed.
2.HAGGARD X PLUMP
Meaning : Wasted away,gaunt
Usage : After his long illness, he was pale and
haggard.
3.HALCYON X MARTIAL
Meaning : Calm,peaceful
Usage : In those halcyon days,people were not
worried about sneak attacks and bombings.
4.HAPHAZARD X DELIBERATE
Meaning : Random,bychance
Usage : his haphazared reading left him
ubacquainted with many classic books.
Letter-'I'
Letter-'I'
1.IGNOBLE X WORTHY
unworthy,not noble
A true knight ,Si Galahad never stopped to perform an ignoble
deed
2.ILLUSIVE X NOT DECEPTIVE
This is only a mirage,let us not be fooled by its illusive
effect.
3.IRKSOME X INTERESTING
annoying, tedious
He found working on the assembly line irksome because of
the monotony
of the operation he had to perform.
4.IRRELEVANT X PERTINENT
not applicable, unrelated
no matter how irrelevant the patients mumblings may seem,
they give
us some indications of what is on his mind.
5.IRREPARABLE X CORRECTABLE
not able to be corrected or repaired
Your apology cannot alone for the irreparable damage you
have done to her repultion.
6.IRREVERENT X PIOUS
Lack of proper respect
Some people are irrevent to this elders.
Letter-'J'
Letter-'J'
1.Jaded x Stimulated
Usage:He looked for exotic food to stimulate his jaded appetite
2.Jaundiced x Unbiased
Usage: Because she disliked uma ,she looked at uma's paintings
with a jaundiced eye , caling them formless smears.
3.Jaunty x sedate
Usage: In singing in the rain ,sowji sang and danced with her
way through the lighthearted number in a property jaunty
style.
4.Jeopardy x Safety
Usage: Yoou can not give me a d in chemistry , you will
jeopardize my chances or being admitted to mit.
5.Jettison x Salvage
Usage:In order to enable the ship to ride safely through
the storm,the captain had to jettison much of his cargo.
6.Jocular x Serious
Usage: Although bill knew the boss hated jokes , he could not
resist making one jocular remark , his jocularity cost him
the job.
7.judicious xunwise
Usage:At akey moment in his life , he made a judicious
investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.
Letter-'K'
Letter-'K'
1.KINDLE X EXTINGUISH
Meaning : Start a fire,inspire
Usage : Her teacher's praise for her poetry
kindled a spark of hope inside maya.
2.KEEN X DULL
Meaning : Sharp
Usage : Generalist must have keen observation
on their work.
3.KNOWLWDGE X IGNORANCE
Meaning : Knowing about something
Usage : It has come to my knowledge that she
gave a secret assurance to him
4.KILL X ANIMATE
Meaning : Spoil
Usage : The smoke killed off the mosquitoes.
Letter-'L'
Letter-'L'
1.LACHRYMOSE X CHEERING
Meaning : Producing tears
Usage : His voice has a lachrymose quality
that is more appropriate at a funeral than a class reunion.
2.LACKADAISICAL X AMBITIOUS
Meaning : Lacking purpose or zest.
Usage : Their Lackadaisical approch to their
work resulted in a huge loss of the bussiness.
3.LACONIC X VERBOSE
Meaning : Brief and to the point.
Usage : Many of the characters portrayed by
clint eastwood are loconictypes strong men offew words
4.LAMPOON X PRAISE
Meaning : Ridicule,a literacy composition abusing others
Usage : The article lampoon the pretension of
some movie moguls
5.LANGUOR X VITALITY
Meaning : Lassitude,deprssion
Usage : His friends tried to overcome the
languor into which ha had fallen by taking him to parties and
tothe theater.
6.LATENT X OBVIOUS
Meaning : Potential but undeveloped
Usage : education means to bring our thr latent
potential alities of everyday
7.LAVISH X FRUGAL
Meaning : Liberal,wasteful
Usage : The actors lavish gifts pleased her
8.LAUDATORY X DEFAMATORY
Meaning : Praise
9.LAX X STRICT
Meaning : Careless
Usage : We dislike restaurants where the
service is lax and inattentive.
10.LECHERY X PURITY
Meaning : Gross lewdness,lustfulness
Usage : His lecherous life made him miserable.
11.LETHARGIC X INVIGORATING
Meaning : Drowsy,dull
Usage : The stuffy room made her lethergic,
she felt as if she was about to nod off
12.LEVITY X SOLEMNITY
Meaning : Lak of seriousness or steadiness
Usage : Stop giggling and wriggling around
in the few such levity is improper in church
13.LIMPID X TURBID
Meaning : Clear
Usage : A limpid stream ranthrough his property
14.LITHE X STIFF
Meaning : Flexble,supple
Usage : Her figure was lithe
15.LOATH X EAGER
Meaning : Reluctant,disinclined
Usage : Romeo and juliet wereboth loath for
him to go
16.LOQUACIOUS X TACITURN
Meaning : Talktive
Usage : She is a laquacious lady
17.LUGUBRIOUS X CHEERFUL
Meaning : Mornful
Usage : The lugubrious of the dogs added
to our sadness
18.LURID X DULL
Meaning : Colorful
Usage : the lurid tale of the crimininal filled
our hearts with sbock and despair.
Letter-'M'
Letter-'M'
1.MALIGAN - Eulogize
Speak evil of,bad mouth,dafame,aggresively,malevolent
Putting her hands over her ears,Rose refused to listen to Betty
malign her friend Susan
2.MALLEABLE X Brittle
Capable of being shaped by pounding ,impressionable
Gold is malleable metal,easily shaped into bracelets and rings
3.MANIACLE X Sane
Restrain ,Handcuff
The police immediately manacled the prisioner so he could not
escape
4.MANIFEST X Obscure
Evident ,visible,obvious
Digby's embarassment when he met Madonna was manifest:his
eyes turned bright pink
5.MANUMIT X Enslave
Emancipate,free from bondage
Enlightend slave owners were willing to manumit their slaves
and thus put an end to the evil
6.MARTIAL X Bellicose
Pertaining to marriage
After the publication of his book on martal affairs,he was often
consulted by married people verge of dworie
Letter-'N'
Letter-'N'
1.NEBULOUS X Clear
Wague,hazy,cloudy
Uma and sowji tried to come with a clear intelligible
business plan,not some hazy
2.NEFARIOUS X Berign
Very wicked
The villans crimes though various were one and all nefarious
3.NEGATION X Afferimation
Cancle out,nullify,deny
A Sudden surge of adrenalin can negate the effects of
fatigue
4.NEOPHYTE X Veteran
Recent convert,beginner
The mountain slope contains slides that will challenge
experts as well as
neophytes
5.NIGGARDLY X Prodigal
Meanly stingy,parsimonious
The neggardly pittance the window receives from the government
6.NOCTURNAL X Daily
Done at night
Uma obtaned a watch dog to prevent the nocturnal raids on
her children coops
Letter-'O'
Letter-'O'
1.OBDURATE *FLEETING
Meaning:stubborn
Usage:He was OBDURATE in his refusal to listen to our
complients.
2.OBESE*CADAVEROUS
Meaning:Excessively Fat
Usage:It is advisable that OBESE people try to loose
weight.
3.OBJECTIVE*EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED
Meaning:Goal,Aim
Usage:Even though he was her son,she tried to be
objective of his behaviour.
4.OBLIGATORY*OPTIONAL
Meaning:Binding,Required
Usage:It is OBLGATORY that books borrowed from the
library be returned with in 2 weeks.
5.OBLOQUY*PRAISE
Meaning:Slander,Disgrace,infamy
Usage:I resent the OBLIQUY that u r costing upon my
reputation.
6.OBSEQUIOUS*SUPERCILIOUS
Meaning:servile,slavishly,attentive,showing undew
respect
7.ODIUM*LIKING
Meaning:Detestation,Hatefulness
Usage:Prince charming could not express the odium ,he
felt toward cinderella’s stepsisters because of their
mistreatment of poor cinderella.
8.OMNIPOTENT*WEAK
Meaning:All powerful
Usage:The monarch regarded himself as OMNIPOTENT and
responsible to no one for his acts.
9.OMNISCIENT*IGNORANT
Meaning:All Knowing
Usage:I do not pretend to be Omniscient but I am
positive about this fact.
10.OPIATE*STIMULANT
Meaning:Medicine to induce Sleep or Deaden pain
Usage:To say that religion is the OPIATE of the
people is to condemn religion as drug that keeps the
people quite and submissive to those in power.
11.OPPORTUNE*AWKWARD
Meaning:Timely,Well choosen
Usage:Clearly this would not be an OPPORTUNE moment
to ask him for an increase in her allowance
12.OPPORTUNIST*MAN OF PRINCIPLE
Meaning:Individual who sacrifice principles for a
expediency by taking adv. Of circumstances.
Usage:Forget about ethics ,he is such an OPPORTUNIST
that he will vote in favour of any deal that will give
him a break
13.OPPROBRIUM*PRAISE
Meaning:infamy,vilification
Usage:His criticism of the prime minister contained
certain OPPROBRIUM terms.
14.OPTIMUM*WORST
Meaning:most favorable
Usage:f u wait for the optimum moment to act u may
never begin ur project.
15.OPULENCE *POVERTY
Meaning:Extreme Wealth,luxuriousness,abundance
Usage:The glitter and OPULENCE of the ballroom took
cinderella’s breath away.
16.OSTENTATIOUS*UNASSUMING
Meaning:Showy,Pretentious
Usage:Trump’s latest casino in atlantic city is the
most OSTENTATIOUS gambling place in the east.
Letter-'P'
Letter-'P'
1.Precipitete X Stationary.
Meaning:Walking about,moving.
Usage: The peripatetic school of philosophy derives its name
frm the fact that aristote walked with his pupils while
discussing phylosophy with them
2.Permeable X impenetrable
Meaning:penetrable,porous,allowing liquds,gas to pass
Usage: If your jogging clothes were not made out of
permeable fabric,you would
drown in your own sweat.
3.Pernicious X Harmless
Meaning:harmful,injurious
Usage: Never pursue pernicious policies
4.Perpeteral X momentary
Meaning:ever lasting
Usage:Ponce de leon hoped to find the legendary fountain
of perpetual youth
5.Perspicuity X Vegueness
Meaning: having insight,penetrating,astute
Usage:The brilliant lawyer was known for his perspicacious
deduction
6.pertinacious X Superficial
Meaning: stubborn,persistent
Usage:she is bound to succed because her pertinacious
nature will not permt her
to quit
7.Petualant X Uncomplaining
Meaning:complaing,touchy,peevish
8.Percipitate X Cautious
Meaning:throw headlong,hasten
Usage:The remval of american political support appeared
to have precipitated the downfall of the macros regime.
9.Prefactory X Conclusive
Meaning:Introductory
Usage: The chairman made a few prefatory remarks
before he called on the frst speaker
Letter-'Q'
Letter-'Q'
1.QUELL x INCITE
Meaning:- Supress,subdue,putdown
Usage:-The military regine is taking every possible step to
que the riots in the country.
2.QUINTESSENCE X IMPURE
Meaning:-Purest,highest embodiment
Usage:-Noel coward displayed the quintessence of wit
3QUEUE x CURVE,ZIGZAG
Meaniing:-Line
Usage:-They stood patiently in the queue outside the
movie theatre.
Letter-'R'
Letter-'R'
1.Resilient x Unyielding
elastic,having the power of spruning back
Highly resilient steel makes excellent bed springs
2.Restive x placid
restlessly imaptient,obstinately resisting control waiting
impatiently inline to see Santaclause,even the best behaved
childrengrow restiva and start to fidget.
3.Retentive x forgetful
holding,having a good memory
the pupil did not need to spend much time in study as he
had a retentive mind
4.reticence x loquaciousness
reserved,uncommunicative,inclined to silence
fearing his competition might get advance word about his
plans from talkitive staff memebers Huges preferred
reticent employees to loquacious ones.
5.Retrograde x progressing
backwards degenerate
instead of advancing our civilization seems to have
retrogarded in ethics and culture
6.reverie x dishonor
daydream,musing
she was awakened from her reverie by the teachers question
7.rife x scant
abundant,current
in the face of the many rumore of scandal which are rife
at the momment it is best to remain silent
8.robust x weak
vigorous,strong
after pumping vion and taking karate for six months the
little old lady was far more robust in health and could
break a plank with her fist
9.rotunoity xslimness
roundness,sonorousness of speech
Washington Irving emphasized the rotunoity of the
governor by describing his height and circumference
10.rubble x unbrokenstone
fragments
ten years after world war II some of the rubbles left by
enemy bombings could still be seen
11.ruddy x war
reddish,healthy looking
SantaClause's ruddy cheeks nicely complement Radolph
the Reindeer's bright red nose
12.Rudimentary x developed
not developed,elementary,crude
Although my grandmother's english vocabulary was limited
to a few rudimentary phrases,she always could make
herself understood
13.rueful x content
regret,lament,mourn
Uma rrued thae night she met sowjy and wondered how
she ever fell for such a jerk
14.rustic x urban
pertaining to country people,uncount
The backwoodman looked out of place in his rustic attire.
15.ruthless x merciful
pittiless,cruel
CAptain Hook was a dangerous ,ruthless villain who would
stop at nothingt to destroy Peter pan.
Letter-'W'
Letter-'W'
1. WRECK * Restore
Meaning:To destroy
Usage:seventy passengers in a ship wreck.
2. WONDER * Expectations
Meaning:Feeling of surprise,struck
Usage:The world in which we live is a land of wonder.
3. WANE * Prosper
Meaning:Waningy
Usage:His chances of getting promotion are waning.
4. WRATH * Delight
Meaning:Severe anger
Usage:Due to the escaping of her son father has wrath to his son.
5. WITHIN * Beyond
Meaning:Inside
Usage:The account will be closed within one week.
Letter-'Z'
Letter-'Z'
1.Zany X sane
meaning : physically healthy
usage: He is zany from one week.
2. Zeal X apathy
meaning : enthusiasm
usage : His zeal for learning inpress me a lot