Vocabulary Test (Antonyms)

Salvage means to rescue or save something from danger or loss. The opposite of saving or rescuing something is to lose it.

Enough means an adequate amount. Inadequate is the direct antonym, meaning not enough.

Acquisitive means excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. Austere, meaning severe or strict in manner and lacking luxury, serves as a suitable antonym.

 Someting rough is certainly not smooth. Hence rough is correct.

Hapless means unfortunate or unlucky. Lucky is the direct antonym.

Comic relates to comedy or humor. Painful is the most suitable antonym among the choices, as it contrasts with the lighthearted nature of comedy.

Boost means to help, encourage, or increase. Hinder, meaning to create difficulties for someone, is the direct antonym.

A demon is an evil spirit. An angel is a spiritual being typically represented as good and benevolent, making it the perfect antonym.

Trumpery refers to showy but worthless things. Treasure, which refers to something of great value, is the appropriate antonym.

Miserly means stingy or ungenerous with money. Generous is the direct antonym.

Outmode means to make something old-fashioned or obsolete. Fashionable, meaning current or popular, is the suitable antonym.

Terrible means extremely bad or serious. Delightful, meaning highly pleasing, is the direct antonym.

Knowledge is the awareness or familiarity gained by experience or study. Ignorance, the lack of knowledge, is the direct antonym.

 When we indulge in something, we take part in it and are actively involved with it. When we abstain, we refuse to be involved and do not participate or partake.

Balk means to hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking. Encourage, meaning to give support or confidence, is the suitable antonym.

Avoidance is the act of keeping away from or preventing something. Pursuit, the act of following or chasing something, is the direct antonym.

Jeer means to make rude and mocking remarks. Praise, meaning to express approval or admiration, is the direct antonym.

Ambiguous means open to more than one interpretation or having a double meaning. Explicit, meaning stated clearly and in detail, is the direct antonym.

Humble means having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance. Despotic, meaning exercising absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way, serves as a strong antonym in this context.

Vigour means physical strength and good health. Frailty, the condition of being weak and delicate, is the direct antonym.

Militant means combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause. Pacifist, someone who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable, is the direct antonym.

Challenge means to dispute or call into question. Accept, meaning to consent to receive or undertake, is the direct antonym.

Edification refers to the process of instructing or improving someone morally or intellectually. Corruption is the direct antonym, as it implies moral decay or deterioration.

Asceticism is the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence. Lavishness, which involves luxurious or extravagant spending and indulgence, is the clear antonym.