Antonyms - Study Mode

[#691] The drug will have pernicious effect on your health.
Correct Answer

(A) beneficial

Explanation

Solution: Pernicious : having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. Beneficial : resulting in good
favourable or advantageous. Prolonged : continuing for a long time or longer than usual
lengthy. Ruinous : disastrous or destructive. Pornographic : constituting or resembling pornography
obscene. Antonym of Pernicious is Beneficial

[#692] The duty of atrue citizen is to thwart social evils as untouchability, dowry system etc.
Correct Answer

(C) promote

Explanation

Solution: Thwart : prevent (someone) from accomplishing something. Favour : approval, support, or liking for someone or something. Sustain : strengthen or support physically or mentally. Promote : support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.)
further the progress of. Frustrate : prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled. Antonym of Thwart is Promote

[#693] The error in the newspaper article is accidental .
Correct Answer

(D) intentional

Explanation

Solution: Accidental : happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly. Permissible : permitted
allowed. Usual : habitually or typically occurring or done
customary. Conventional : based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed. Intentional : done on purpose
deliberate. Antonym of Accidental is Intentional

[#694] The fifteenth century witnessed an era of Renaissance in Europe.
Correct Answer

(B) decadence

Explanation

Solution: Renaissance : the revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries. Pestilence : a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. Decadence : moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury. Immorality : the state or quality of being immoral
wickedness. Prehistory : the period of time before written records. Antonym of Renaissance is Decadence

[#695] The flight was delayed because of bad weather.
Correct Answer

(C) expedited

Explanation

Solution: Delayed : make (someone or something) late or slow. Quickened : make or become faster or quicker. Released : allow or enable to escape from confinement
set free. Expedited : make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly. Triggered : cause (a device) to function. Antonym of Delayed is Expedited