ANTONYMS
preserve (Verb) : to keep in immanent (Adjective) : present savagery (Noun) : behaviour that
original state or in good everywhere is very cruel and violent; violence
condition; to present; save; to 151. (3) poor (Adjective) : having a cowardly (Adjective) : lacking
keep alive/safe from harm or very little money courage; fearful
danger affluent (Adjecti ve) : heroism (Noun) : very great
consent (Verb) : to agree; to give prosperous; wealthy; having a lot courage
permission of money and a good standard 156. (1) soothing (Adjective) :
147. (4) worsen (Verb) : to make or of living affording physical relief; freeing
become worse than it was before famous (Adjective) : known by from fear and anxiety
ameliorate (Verb) : to make many people exasperating (Adjective) :
something better insignificant (Adjective) : not extremely annoying; infuriating
improve (verb) : to make/ big or valuable enough to be successful (Adjecti ve) :
become better than before considered important achieving your aims or what was
depend (Verb) : to rely and be skilled (Adjective) : having intended; having become popular
able to trust; to be sure and enough ability, experience and and/or made a lot of money
expect that something will knowledge to be able to do well annoying (Adjective) : making
happen 152. (3) distinct (Adjective) : easily somebody feel slightly angry;
soften (Verb) : to make or become or clearly heard; definite irritating
softer, less bright, rough or obscure (Adjective) : not well– distressing (Adjective) : making
strong; to become or make more known; unknown; difficult to you feel extremely upset because
sympathetic and less severe or understand; indistinct of somebody’s suffering
critical vacant (Adjective) : empty; not 157. (1) healthy (Adjective) : having
148. (1) natural (Adjective) : existing being used; unoccupied good health and not likely to
in Nature seldom (Adjective) : not often; become ill/sick
grotesque (Adjective) : strange rarely emaciated (Adjective) : thin and
in a way that is unpleasant or unusual (Adjective) : strange; weak because of illness or lack
offensive; unusual uncommon of food
odd (Adjective) : strange or un- 153. (2) precise (Adjective) : clean luxurious (Adjective) : very com-
usual and accurate; exact; meticulous; fortable ; containing expensive
whimsical (Adjective) : unusu- taking care to be exact and and enjoyable things; sumptuous
al; amusing and annoying accurate, especially about small intelligent (Adjective) : clever
sinful (Adjective) : morally details and witty
wrong or evil; immoral ambiguous (Adjective) : that can sympathetic (Adjective) : kind
149. (1) straight (Adjective) : without be understood in more than one to somebody who is hurt or sad
any curve or indirect way; hon- way; having different meanings;
158. (4) normality (Noun) : a situation
est not clearly stated or defined
where everything is normal or as
devious (Adjective) : behaving concealed (Adjective) : not
you would expect it to be
in a dishonest or indirect way, accessible to view; hidden
aberration (Noun) : a fact, an
or tricking people; deceitful; not complete (Adjective) : total;
action or a way of behaving that
direct path including all the parts, etc. that
is not usual and that may be
obvious (Adjective) : clean; are necessary; finished
unacceptable
easy to see or understand magnified (Adjective) : enlarged;
regularity (Noun) : the fact that
simple (Adjective) : easy to un- exaggerated
the same thing happens again
derstand or do; not complicated; 154. (1) blunt (Adjective) : without a
and again, with the same length
easy sharp edge or point; very direct
of time between each time it
superficial (Adjective) : not keen (Adjective) : wanting to do happens
studying or looking thoroughly; something; wanting something to
commonality (Noun) : sharing
appearing to be true, real and happen very much; eager; sharp;
of common attributes
important until you look at it enthusiastic; liking something
particularity (Noun) : the quality
more carefully foolish (Adjective) : silly; stupid
of being individual or unique
150. (2) permanent (Adjective) : insipid (Adjective) : having
159. (2) surly (Adjective) : bad–
lasting for a long time or for all almo st no taste or flavour;
tempered and rude
time in the future flavourless; not interesting or
exciting; dull affable (Adjective) : pleasant,
evanescent (Adjecti ve) :
plain (Adjective) : easy to see friendly and easy to talk to;
disappearing quickly from sight
or understand; clear genial
or memory
155. (2) cowardice (Noun) : fear or pleasant (Adjective) : enjoyable,
imminent (Adjective) : likely to
lack of courage pleasing or attractive; friendly
happen very soon
and polite
pervasive (Adjective) : existing bravery (Noun) : courage; feeling
of no fear weak (Adjective) : not strong
in all parts of a place or thing
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