Analogies and antonyms practice This file contains 57 antonym and over 250 analogies with full answers and explanations. Good luck on your test. 1. PRECARIOUS: Vulnerable Perilous Dependable – right Ecclesiastic Preplanned The best answer is C Precarious means uncertain, unsafe, while Dependable is the antonym. Vulnerable means not protected. Perilous means dangerous and is more of a synonym. Ecclesiastic means a priest. Preplanned in not an antonym of unsafe. 2. PREDILECTION: Disinclination - right Predisposition Plight Impetuousness Augmentation The best answer is A. Predilection means special liking, mental preference, Disinclination is the antonym. Predisposition is a synonym. Plight means misfortune. Impetuousness means hastiness. Augmentation means growth. 3. ABJURE: Uphold– right Brook Steadfast Recantation Abrogation Abjure means deny, while Uphold is the antonym. Brook means to endure, which is second best here. Steadfast means steady. Recantation means denial and could be used as a far synonym. Abrogation means termination and is no antonym. 4. METICULUOS: Painstaking - Negligent – right Acarpous Castigation Fracas The best answer is B. Meticulous is precise or Painstaking. Negligent is an antonym. Acarpous means worn out. Castigation means severe punishment. Fracas is a noisy quarrel. 5. GUILE: Fraudulence Impertinent Miscreant Veracity – right. Palatial The best answer is D. Guile means deceit, Veracity is the antonym. Fraudulence is a synonym. Impertinent is given to insolent rudeness Miscreant means a villain. Palatial is magnificent. 6. VITIATE: Temperance Surfeit Posit Itinerate Reinforce - right The best answer is E. Vitiate means to weaken or to dilute. To reinforce is the antonym. Temperance means self-control. Surfeit means to satiate. Posit means to suggest. Itinerate means to travel from place to place. 7. LAMENTABLE: Inculcated Libertine Felicitous – right Deplorable Heinous The best answer is C. Lamentable means grievous and unfortunate. Felicitous means happy or fortunate and is therefore the antonym. Inculcated means something fixed by repetitions. Libertine means an immoral person. Deplorable means lamentable and is a synonym. Heinous means hated. 8. GLUT: Gormandize Frugal Mollify Undersupply - right Pious The best answer is D. To glut is to over supply, to overfeed. Undersupply is the antonym Gormandize is a synonym. Frugal means careful, economical. Mollify means to calm or make quiet. Pious means devoted to his parents. 9. QUERULOUS: Peevish Complacent Precarious Irrevocable Altercate The best answer is B. Querulous is someone that complains a lot. Complacent means agreeable and is the antonym. Peevish is a synonym. Precarious means risky, dangerous. Irrevocable means final. Altercate means to dispute angrily. 10. DIFFIDENCE: Audaciousness - right Cornucopia Extempore Hubris Lustrous The best answer is A. Diffidence means shyness. Audaciousness means boldness and is the antonym. Cornucopia means an abundant supply. Extempore means without previous thought or preparation. Hubris means arrogant pride. Lustrous means polished. 11. LICENTIOUS: Scrupulous – right Lionized Iconoclast Fanciful Dubious The best answer is A. Licentious means amoral lawless, while its antonym, scrupulous, means moral and law abiding. Lionized means treated as a famous person. Iconoclast means a person who attacks popular beliefs. Fanciful means imaginary. Dubious is a person feeling doubt. 12. EQUIVOCAL: Equipoise Foolproof Morose Petrous Explicit - right The best answer is E. Equivocal means having a double or unclear meaning. While Explicit, the antonym means being clear and unambiguous. Foolproof means unable to fail or err. Morose means unsocial. Petrous means hard, stony. Equipoise means an equal distribution of weight. 13. PHILISTINE: Mercurial Highbrow - right Bourgeois Luminary Halcyon The best answer is E. Philistine means a barbarian, a savage. Highbrow is the antonym – a cultural person. Mercurial means quick, fleeting. Bourgeois is a synonym. Luminary is a light-giving object. Halcyon means calm and peaceful, second best here but not precise enough. 14. FINICKY: Niggling Eschew Ingress Minatory Slovenly - right The best answer is E. Finicky means over particular, over precise. Slovenly is the antonym and means negligent. Niggling is a synonym. Eschew means to avoid. Ingress is the art of entrance. Minatory means threatening. 15. OCCLUDED: Congested Nugatory Unclogged – right Perfidious Servile The best answer is C. Occluded means blocked up. Unclogged in the antonym and means open. Congested is a synonym. Nugatory means worthless. Perfidious means done as a duty, without care. Servile means lacking independence, slave like. 16. VERDANT: Seminal Luxuriant Nexus Autumnal - right Insipid The best answer is D. Verdant means fresh and green. Autumnal is the antonym and means dying. Seminal is originative. Luxuriant is a synonym. Nexus means a link, a connection. Insipid is tasteless. 17. PRECLUD: Facilitate - right Miscreant Inimical Fledged Evince The best answer is A. Preclude means to prevent, stop. Facilitate means make easy, enable, and is the antonym. Miscreant means a villain. Inimical is harmful or toxic. Fledged means able to fly has all of his feathers (a chick). Evince means to show clearly. 18. DIVULGE: Interdict Obloquy Conceal-right Relapse Subjugate The best answer is C. Divulge means disclose, reveal a secret. Conceal means to hide that secret and is the antonym. Interdict means to forbid or prohibit. Obloquy means sharp criticism. Relapse means to fall back again. Subjugate means to concur. 19. TEETOTALER: Sordid Dipsomaniac- right Abstainer Stymie Multifarious The best answer is B. Teetotaler means an opposer of alcohol. A Dip somatic is an alcoholic and is the antonym. Abstainer is a synonym. Stymie means to obstruct, to block. Sordid means comfortless. Multifarious means varied. 20. INELUCTABLE: Ineludible Dubious – right Unfeigned Disinter Ameliorate The best answer is B. Ineluctable is inevitable. Dubious is the antonym. Ineludible is a synonym. Unfeigned is sincere. Disinter means dig up. Ameliorate means to improve. 21. ABEYANCE: Continuance - right Hiatus Churl Epitome Fringe The best answer is A. Abeyance means suspended action. The antonym is Continuance. Hiatus is a synonym. Churl means a bad tempered person. Epitome means a brief summary. Fringe means an edge. 22. IMPERIOUS: Despotic Grovel Ennui Servile - right Mischievous The best answer is D. Imperious means arrogant, commanding. The antonym is servile. Despotic is a synonym. Grovel means to crawl, to humble yourself. Ennui means boredom. Mischievous is harmful. 23. MORDANT: Imbroglio Lucubrate Hallow Epicurean Charitable - right The best answer is E. Mordant means sarcastic, biting. Charitable is the antonym. Imbroglio means a complicated and embarrassing situationץ Lucubrate means to write in a scholarly fashion Hallow means to make holy. Epicurean means devoted to pleasure. 24. SOPORIFIC: Profuse Animated – right. Intransigent Elaborated Somniferous The best answer is B. Soporific means sleep inducing and heavy. The antonym animated, means live and full of motion. Profuse is abundant. Intransigent means uncompromising. Elaborated is in great detail. Somniferous is a synonym. . Analogies and antonyms practice This file contains 57 antonym and over 250 analogies with full answers and explanations. Good luck on your test boldness and is the antonym. Cornucopia means an abundant supply. Extempore means without previous thought or preparation. Hubris means arrogant pride. Lustrous means polished. 11 . LICENTIOUS:. Verdant means fresh and green. Autumnal is the antonym and means dying. Seminal is originative. Luxuriant is a synonym. Nexus means a link, a connection. Insipid is tasteless. 17 . 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