ANTONYMS
sudden (Adjective) : happening clown (Noun) : a person who short– sighted (Adjective) : able
or done quickly and unexpect- amuses others by his ridiculous/ to see things clearly only if they
edly funny behaviour are very close to you
costly (Adjective) : expensive ; dud (Noun) : a person who is feeble–minded (Adjective) :
costing a lot of money unsuccessful/useless having less than usual
unfair (Adjective) : not right ; buffoon (Noun) : a person who intelligence ; weak and unable
unjust does silly but amusing things to make decisions
47. (2) narrowness (Noun) : the state 52. (4) calm (Adjective) : not excited, fore– sighted (Adjecti ve) :
of being narrow ; restrictedness nervous or upset planning sensibly and carefully
breadth (Noun) : width ; how panicky (Adjective) : anxious for the future
broad or wide something is about something ; feeling or 56. (2) unwise (Adjective) : showing
shortness (Noun) : the state of showing great fear ; hysterical a lack of good judgement ; foolish
being short confident (Adjective) : feeling prudent (Adjective) : sensible
lightness (Noun) : the state of sure about your own ability to and careful when you make
being light; not heavy do things and be successful judgements and decisions ;
thickness (Noun) : the state of avoiding unnecessary risks
sober (Adjective) : serious and
being thick sensible ; plain and not bright silly (Adjective) : showing a
48. (4) bold (Adjective) : brave and colours lack of thought, understanding
confident ; having a strong clean
quiet (Adjective) : making very or judgement ; foolish
appearance
little noise idiotic (Adjective) : very stupid ;
timorous (Adjective) : nervous
and easily frightened ; timid 53. (2) joyous (Adjective) : very ridiculous
happy ; causing people to be poor (Adjective) : having very
trembling (Adjective) : having
happy ; joyful little money ; not having enough
a feeling of nervousness, excite-
ment, fright ; quivering mournful (Adjective) : very sad; money for basic needs
cowardly (Adjective) : lacking melancholy 57. (2) lengthy (Adjective) : very
courage playful (Adjective) : full of fun ; long and often too long, in time
bright (Adjective) : full of light ; wanting to play ; light – hearted or size
cheerful and lively ; intelligent laughable (Adjective) : silly or concise (Adjective) : giving
49. (2) ludicrous (Adjective) : unrea- ridiculous and not worth taking only the information that is nec-
sonable ; absurd ; ridiculous seriously ; absurd essary and important, using a
sublime (Adjective) : of very humorous (Adjective) : funny few words
high quality and causing great and entertaining ; showing a
extended (Adjective) : long or
admiration sense of humour
longer than usual or expected
amusing (Adjective) : funny and 54. (4) flexible (Adjective) : able to
protracted (Adjective) : lasting
enjoyable change to suit new conditions or
longer than expected for longer
hilarious (Adjective) : extremely situations; able to bend easily
than usual ; prolonged
funny without breaking
mean (Adjective) : not generous obstinate (Adjective) : refusing elongated (Adjective) : long and
50. (1) normalcy (Noun) : a situation to change your opinion, way of thin, often in a way that is not
where everything is normal ; behaving, etc, when other people normal
normality persuade you to do something ; 58. (1) denial (Noun) : a statement
eccentricity (Noun) : behaviour stubborn ; difficult to get rid of that says something is not true
that people think is strange or or deal with or does not exist
unusual ; the quality of being un- confused (Adjective) : unable to affirmation (Noun) : statement
usual and different from other think clearly or to understand asserting the existence or the
people what is happeni ng or what truth of something
similarity (Noun) : the state of somebody is saying opposition (Noun) : the act of
being alike but not exactly the determined (Adjective) : be firm strongly disagreeing with some-
same ; resemblance in doing something and no one body or something, with the aim
equality (Noun) : the fact of be- can prevent you of preventing something from
ing equal in rights, status, ad- trusted (Adjective) : worthy of happening
vantages, etc. trust or confidence refusal (Noun) : an act of show-
clarity (Noun) : the quality of 55. (4) far–sighted (Adjective) : ing or saying that you will not
being expressed clearly long–sighted ; not able to see do, give or accept something
51. (2) boor (Noun) : a rude, things clearly that are close to obstruction (Noun) : the fact of
unpleasant person you trying to prevent something/
gentleman (Noun) : a man who
myopic (Adjective) : inability to somebody from making progress ;
is polite, well–educated, has
focus on distant objects ; short– blocking a road, an entrance, a
excellent manners and is well –
sighted passage, etc ; blockage
behaved
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