Directions: Choose the best antonym for the following words.

1) CAUTIOUS

a. elusive

b. playful

c. circumspect

d. foolhardy

e. jovial

Answer: D. foolhardy

2) SURREPTITIOUS

a. venerable

b. tricky

c. clandestine

d. hazy

e. artless

Answer: E. artless

3) TURBID

a. transparent

b. bemused

c. muddled

d. auspicious

e. dark

Answer: A. transparent

4) JOVIAL

a. lewd

b. heterogeneous

c. depraved

d. energetic

e. melancholy

Answer: E. melancholy

5) INGENUOUS

a. shady

b. bucolic

c. candid

d. frank

e. honest

Answer: A. shady

6) ASCETIC

a. lachrymose

b. erudite

c. acclaimed

d. prodigal

e. disciplined

Answer: D. prodigal

7) CAPRICIOUS

a. steadfast

b. pedantic

c. idiosyncratic

d. demure

e. capable

Answer: A. steadfast

8) GERMANE

a. relevant

b. bias

c. tangential

d. alien

e. dispassionate

Answer: C. tangential

9) IMPASSIVE

a. emotional

b. respectful

c. solid

d. hackney

e. fractious

Answer: A. emotional

10) INIMICAL

a. affable

b. benevolent

c. amiable

d. hostile

e. garrulous

Answer: C. amiable

11) INCHOATE

a. patriarchal

b. young

c. puerile

d. inveterate

e. immature

Answer: D. inveterate

12) PERFUNCTORY

a. urbane

b. moody

c. nebulous

d. conscious

e. spontaneous

Answer: D. conscious

13) ETERNAL

a. concrete

b. compendious

c. patient

d. piqued

e. ephemeral

Answer: E. ephemeral

14) APPREHENSIVE

a. disinterested

b. nervous

c. anxious

d. lethargic

e. insouciant

Answer: E. insouciant

15) DESPONDENT

a. reproachful

b. exhausted

c. unhappy

d. prescient

e. hopeful

Answer: E. hopeful

16) MAGNANIMOUS

a. generous

b. negligentc.

c. dissolute

d. magnetic

e. malignant

Answer: E. malignant

17) INCONGRUOUS

a. misaligned

b. straight

c. parallel

d. fraternal

e. discordant

Answer: C. parallel

18) MERCURIAL

a. erratic

b. imperturbable

c. tranquil

d. stoic

e. volatile

Answer: C. tranquil

19) MENDACIOUS

a. perilous

b. perfunctory

c. veracious

d. apathetic

e. perfidious

Answer: C. veracious

20) NOXIOUS

a. frugal

b. pungent

c. deleterious

d. arid

e. healthy

Answer: E. healthy

21) DEMURE

a. designed

b. respected

c. abstruse

d. reserved

e. brazen

Answer: E. brazen

22) ABSTRUSE

a. problematic

b. clear

c. recondite

d. turbid

e. cloudy

Answer: B. clear

23) ANALOGOUS

a. dissimilar

b. matching

c. positioned

d. straight

e. equivalent

Answer: A. dissimilar

24) MAWKISH

a. derisive

b. progressive

c. threatening

d. stoic

e. constant

Answer: A. derisive

25) RANCOR

a. hatred

b. admiration

c. credence

d. penchant

e. knowledge

Answer: B. admiration