Select the word most opposite in meaning to the underlined word 'bleak': In the winters, the countryside view is bleak and the house is drafty.
- (a)cheerless
- (b)verdant
- (c)desolate
- (d)bare
Correct — B, verdant. 'Bleak' describes a bare, barren, cheerless landscape, so its opposite is 'verdant' — green, lush and full of life. The other choices all echo bleakness, so only 'verdant' reverses the picture.
- (a)cheerless — Cheerless means gloomy and joyless, a synonym of bleak rather than its opposite.
- (c)desolate — Desolate means barren and empty, which matches bleak instead of opposing it.
- (d)bare — Bare means stripped and empty, again close to bleak, not its antonym.
An antonym item — 'bleak' means bare and cheerless, so its opposite is 'verdant' (green and lush).
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word most opposite in meaning to 'barren'.
- (a)arid
- (b)fertile
- (c)desolate
- (d)empty
Answer(b) fertile — barren means unable to produce growth; fertile is its opposite.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Select the word most opposite in meaning to 'lush'.
- (a)green
- (b)leafy
- (c)arid
- (d)dense
Answer(c) arid — lush means richly green and thriving; arid means dry and bare.