Antonyms (Part-2) CDS-Solved Paper

‘Ambiguous’ means ‘not having one obvious meaning’. So, its antonym will be ‘definite’.

‘Counterfeit’ means ‘fake’. So, its correct antonym will be ‘genuine’.

‘Fusion’ means ‘the process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity’. So, ‘separation’ is its correct antonym.

‘Escalate’ means ‘to go up’. So, its correct antonym will be ‘to bring down’.

‘Terminate’ means ‘to stop’. So, its correct antonym will be ‘initiate’ which means cause a process to begin.

‘Gravitate’ means ‘tend to move towards a centre of gravity or other attractive force. Among the given options, ‘Retreat’ would be its correct antonym as it means an act of moving back or withdrawing.

‘Fresh’ means ‘new’ so ‘stale’ is its correct opposite which means ‘old’ or ‘dried’. So, both fresh and stale are antonyms.

‘Deny’ means ‘to refuse’ so ‘accept’ is its correct opposite which means ‘to admit’.

Cheerful’ means ‘in happy mood’ so ‘sad’ is its correct opposite which means ‘in dejected mood’.

‘Affluence’ means ‘the state of having a great deal of money; wealth’. So, ‘poverty’ is its correct antonym among the given options. ‘Poverty’ means ‘a state or condition in which a person lacks the financial resources or the state of being extremely poor’.