ANTONYMS (Part-VII)

Total Questions: 50

21. Inept [SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) Competent
Solution:Competent

Inept - not skilled or effective

Wanting- not having enough of something

Barred- to be blocked from entrance or not allowed to do something

Callow -(of a young person) inexperienced and immature.

22. Wane [SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Intensify
Solution:Intensify

Wane - to decrease in strength, intensity

Evanesce- to disappear or be forgotten

Diminish- importance to reduce in size or

Contract- to shrink or to enter into a legal agreement

23. Delinquency [SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) Fulfilment
Solution:Fulfilment

Delinquency - neglect of one's duty

Neglect- to fail to pay enough attention to someone or something

Tardiness- the quality of being late or slow

Default A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it

24. Relentless [SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Intermittent
Solution:Intermittent

Relentless-  continuing in a severe or extreme way

Constant- not changing or varying Persistent continuing to do something in determined way

Unabating continues without any reduction in intensity or amount

25. Incredible [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) Believable
Solution:Believable

Incredible- too extraordinary and improbable to be believed.

Strained-not natural or friendly

Far-fetched -not easy to believe

Implausible -not easy to believe

26. Vain [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Productive
Solution:Productive

Vain marked by futility- or ineffectualness

Harmony- a state of agreement or of peaceful existence together

Unpredictable - likely to change suddenly and without reason and therefore not able to be predicted

Calculable -able to be measured or assessed.

27. Forthright [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Uncandid
Solution:Uncandid

Forthright- (too) honest or direct in behaviour or speech

Artless - without guile or deception.

Uninhibited behaving in a free and natural way, without worrying what other people think of you

Blunt - not having a sharp edge or point

28. Obfuscate [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Clarify
Solution:Clarify

Obfuscate- to make something unclear and more difficult to understand

Bid- to offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers most money (an auction)

Mend- to put into good order something that is injured, damaged, or defective.

Languish - to be forced to stay somewhere suffer or unpleasant for a long time something

29. Reprove [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) Eulogize
Solution:Eulogize

Reprove- criticize someone for doing something wrong

Rap - strike with a series of rapid audible blows

Pummel - to cause a lot of damage to a place

Keelhaul - to haul under the keel of a ship as punishment or torture

30. Sinister [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Propitious
Solution:Propitious

Sinister- giving the impression of something harmful or evil

Ominous- suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen

Baleful- showing evil, hate, or harmful intention

Foreboding- a strong inner feeling of a future misfortune