Antonyms
Direction: Choose the option closest in meaning to the OPPOSITE of the word given in capitals.
- DECOY
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Decoy is a distractor used for luring or deceiving someone. Honesty is an antonym.
Correct Option: A
Decoy is a distractor used for luring or deceiving someone. Honesty is an antonym.
- TENACIOUS
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Tenacious means determined and comes from tenacity. The word is not related to tenuous. Vacillating (Indecisive) is an antonym.
Correct Option: C
Tenacious means determined and comes from tenacity. The word is not related to tenuous. Vacillating (Indecisive) is an antonym.
- COERCIVE
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Coercive is to use force/threat to make someone do something. Persuade is an antonym, which means to make somebody do something by convincing or coaxing.
Correct Option: A
Coercive is to use force/threat to make someone do something. Persuade is an antonym, which means to make somebody do something by convincing or coaxing.
- PRECURSOR
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Precursor is someone or something that comes earlier, hence successor, which means something that comes later, is an antonym. Antecedent is a synonym.
Correct Option: B
Precursor is someone or something that comes earlier, hence successor, which means something that comes later, is an antonym. Antecedent is a synonym.
- OSSIFIED
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To ossify is to harden or become inflexible, hence adaptable is an antonym.
Correct Option: C
To ossify is to harden or become inflexible, hence adaptable is an antonym.