The oceans carry a huge amount of heat from the tropics to the high latitudes.
- (a)significant
- (b)major
- (c)tiny
- (d)dormant
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, tiny. The opposite of the underlined 'huge' (extremely large) is 'tiny', which means extremely small.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)significant — 'Significant' means large or considerable in amount — close to 'huge', not its opposite.
- (b)major — 'Major' means great in size or importance — a synonym of 'huge' rather than an antonym.
- (d)dormant — 'Dormant' means inactive or resting; it concerns activity, not size, so it is unrelated to 'huge'.
Concept
An antonym item — 'huge' means very large, and its opposite is 'tiny'; both 'significant' and 'major' lean large, so they are traps.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word opposite in meaning to 'enormous'.
- (a)vast
- (b)minuscule
- (c)immense
- (d)massive
Answer(b) minuscule — 'enormous' means very large, so its opposite is 'minuscule' (extremely small).
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word opposite in meaning to 'gigantic'.
- (a)colossal
- (b)diminutive
- (c)towering
- (d)bulky
Answer(b) diminutive — 'gigantic' means huge, so its opposite is 'diminutive' (very small).