Tamilnadu State Board Class 10 English Vocabulary Antonyms
Antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another word.
♦ Antonym Unit – 1 His First Flight
Chose the most appropriate antonym of the underlined words.
1. She screamed back (i) mockingly. But he kept calling (ii) plaintively, and after a minute or so, he (iii) uttered a (iv) joyful scream. His mother had picked up a piece of fish and was flying across to him with it. He leaned out (v) eagerly, tapping the rock with his feet.
(i) (a) respectfully (b) jeeringly (c) sarcastically (d) ridiculously
Answer:
(a) respectfully
(ii) (a) cheerfully (b) mournfully (c) dismally (d) wistfully
Answer:
(a) cheerfully
(iii) (a) released (b) suppressed (c) expressed (d) divulged
Answer:
(b) suppressed
(iv) (a) genial (b)happy (c) mirthful (d) sorrowful
Answer:
(d) sorrowful
(v) (a) anxiously (b) fervently (c) unwillingly (d) earnestly
Answer:
(c) unwillingly
2. Then a (i) monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood (ii) still. He could hear nothing. But it only (iii) lasted a moment. The next moment, he felt his wings (iv) spread outwards. The wind (v) rushed against his breast feathers, then under his stomach and against his wings.
(i) (a) horrible (b) dreadful (c) beautiful (d) unnatural
Answer:
(c) beautiful
(ii) (a) motionless (b) moving (c) restful (d) silent
Answer:
(b) moving
(iii) (a) continued (b) persisted (c) discontinued (d) stayed
Answer:
(c) discontinued
(iv) (a) abridged (b) extended (c) stretched (d) opened
Answer:
(a) abridged
(v) (a) hurried (b) pressed (c) raced (d) slowed down
Answer:
(d) slowed down
3. He dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His legs (i) sank into it. He screamed with (ii) fright and attempted to rise again, flapping his wings. But he was tired and (iii) weak with hunger and he could not rise (iv) exhausted by the (v) strange exercise. His feet sank into the green sea.
(i) (a) drowned (b) floated (c) immersed (d) plunged
Answer:
(b) floated
(ii) (a) dismay (b) panic (c) calm (d) fear
Answer:
(c) calm
(iii) (a) feeble (b) sluggish (c) unsteady (d) strong
Answer:
(d) strong
(iv) (a) energetic (b) crippled (c) weakened (d) depleted
Answer:
(a) energetic
(v) (a) unfamiliar (b) extra ordinary (c) common (d) peculiar
Answer:
(c) common
4. He then (i) trotted back and forth from one end of the ledge to the other, his long gray legs stepping (ii) daintily, trying to find some means of reaching his parents. But on each side of him, the ledge ended in a sheer fall of (iii) precipice, with the sea (iv) beneath. And between him and his parents, there was a (v) deep, wide crack.
(i) (a) rushed (b) hurried (c) stopped (d)jogged
Answer:
(c) stopped
(ii) (a) difficultly (b) casually (c) moderately (d) tenderly
Answer:
(a) difficultly
(iii) (a) rock face (b) plateau (c) crag (d) steep cliff
Answer:
(b) plateau
(iv) (a) inferior (b) under (c) subordinate (d)above
Answer:
(d) above
(v) (a) far down (b) long way (c) shallow (d) great depth
Answer:
(c) shallow
♦ Antonym Unit – 2 The Night the Ghost Got in
1. Five or six cops sprang for the attic door before I could (i) intervene or explain. I realized that it would be (ii) bad if they burst in on grandfather unannounced, or even announced. He was going through a (iii) phase in which he believed that General Meades men were beginning to (iv) retreat and even (v) desert.
(i) (a) step in (b) interfere (c) disregard (d) mediate
Answer:
(c) disregard
(ii) (a) dangerous (b) nice (c) detrimental (d) grim
Answer:
(b) nice
(iii) (a) level (b) period (c) stage (d) whole
Answer:
(d) whole
(iv) (a) withdraw (b) advance (c) escape (d) decamp
Answer:
(b) advance
(v) (a) relinguish (b) support (c)leave ‘ (d)abandon
Answer:
(b) support
2. The cops were (i) reluctant to leave without getting their hand on somebody (ii) besides grandfather; the night had been (iii) distinctly a (iv) defeat for them. Furthermore, they (v) obviously didn’t like the ‘layout’; something looked – and I can see their viewpoint – phony. They began to poke into things again.
(i) (a) hesitant (b) bashful (c)reserved (d) eager
Answer:
(d) eager
(ii) (a) in addition (b) on the contrary (c) moreover (d) further
Answer:
(b) on the contrary
(iii) (a) abstractly (b) clearly (c) sharply (d) surely
Answer:
(a) abstractly
(v) (a) failure (b) collapse (c) success (d) frustration
Answer:
(c) success
(v) (a) evidently (b) noticeably (c) patently (d) doubtfully
Answer:
(d) doubtfully
3. ‘Grandfather was (i) fresh as a daisy and full of jokes at breakfast next morning. We thought at first he had (ii) forgotten all about what had happened, but he hadn’t. Over his third cup of coffee, he (iii) glared at Herman and me. ‘What was the idee of all them cops tarryhootin round the house last night?’ he demanded. “None of you (iv) bothered to leave a bottle of water (v) beside my bed.”
(i) (a) different (b) old (c) unusual (d) radical
Answer:
(b) old
(ii) (a) out of mind (b) over-looked (c) remembered (d) disregarded
Answer:
(c) remembered
(iii) (a) stared (b) smiled (c) frowned (d) gazed
Answer:
(b) smiled
(iv) (a) worried (b) provoked (c) concerned (d) unworried
Answer:
(d) unworried
(v) (a) far away (b) alongside (c) abreast of (d) adjacent to
Answer:
(a) far away
4. With that, he (i) fetched the officer who found the zither a flat – handed smack alongside his head that sent him sprawling. The others beat a retreat, but not enough; grandfather (ii) grabbed zither’s gun from its holster. A cop (iii) cursed and shot his hand to his shoulder. Somehow, we all (iv) finally got downstairs again and (v) locked the door against the old gentleman.
(i) (a) released (b) brought (c) captured (d) transported
Answer:
(a) released
(ii) (a) clenched (b) seized (c) freed (d) snatched
Answer:
(c) freed
(iii) (a) damned (b) blessed (c) ill-fated (d) confounded
Answer:
(b)blessed
(iv) (a) once for all (b) at last (c) primarily (d) eventually
Answer:
(c) primarily
(v) (a) secured (b) fastened (c) sealed (d)opened
Answer:
(d) opened
♦ Antonym Unit – 3 Empowered Women Navigating The World
1. Navika Sagar Parikrama was a project undertaken in (i) consonance with the National policy to (ii) empower women to (iii) attain their full potential. “The Project is considered essential towards promoting ocean sailing activities in the Navy while (iv) depicting Government of India’s (v) thrust for Nari Shakti,” said Admiral Sunil Lanba in his welcome speech.
(i) (a) agreement (b) disagreement (c) deny (d) authorise
Answer:
(c) deny
(ii) (a) allow (b) entrust (d) consistency
(iii) (a) achieve (b) lose (c) accomplish (d) gain
Answer:
(b) lose
(iv) (a) distorting (b) portraying (c) copying (d) picturing
Answer:
(a) distorting
(v) (a) boost (b) apathy (c) push (d) nudge
Answer:
(b) apathy
2. When we were crossing the Tasman Sea, we (i) witnessed the (ii) brilliant Southern Lights from sea. It was (iii) rare to watch that in those months, that too from sea. We were absolutely (iv) awestruck as we were not expecting it, to see the (v) entire sky lit up in green light.
(i) (a) watched (b) unobserved (c) endorsed (d) deposed
Answer:
(b) unobserved
(ii) (a) famous (b) superb (c) dull (d) bright
Answer:
(c) dull
(iii) (a) common (b) unlikely (c) strange (d) occasional
Answer:
(a) common
(iv) (a) wonderstruck (b) amazed (c) shocked (d) bored
Answer:
(d) bored
(v) (a) whole (b) perfect (c) partial (d) integrated
Answer:
(c)partial
3. We (i) picked up some hobbies and kept posting pictures of (ii) delicacies like golgappas and cakes. We also read books when the weather was (iii) pleasant. I loved cooking as well so I (iv) indulged in baking. I love it when people (v) appreciate the food that I cook.
(i) (a) ignored (b) chose (c) preferred (d) selected
Answer:
(a)ignored
(ii) (a) softness (b) beauties (c) eyesore (d) elegance
Answer:
(c) eyesore
(iii) (a) cool (b) gloomy (c) nice (d) gracious
Answer:
(b)gloomy
(iv) (a) took part (b) involved (c) yielded to (d) abstained
Answer:
(d) abstained
(v) (a) like (b) despise (c) praise (d) admire
Answer:
(b) despise
4. Whenever the winds dropped, it wouldn’t have taken me even a (i) fraction of second to switch on the engine and say let’s go one mile (ii) ahead. But inside of me something poked me and said that you have to be (iii) honest with yourself. I am (iv) glad that we were able to (v) finish it successfully.
(i) (a) fragment (b) whole (c) portion (d) division
Answer:
(b) whole
(ii) (a) across (b) advanced (c) forward (d) backward
Answer:
(d) backward
(iii) (a) truthful (b) impartial (c) corrupt (d) proper
Answer:
(c) corrupt
(iv) (a) contented (b) sad (c) happy (d) willing
Answer:
(b) sad
(v) (a) conclude (b) discharge (c) commence (d) terminate
Answer:
(c)commence
♦ Antonym Unit – 4 The Attic
1. When I left our (i) ancestral house, twenty-nine years ago, the house was almost two hundred years (ii) recollected Aditya. ‘I doubt if even the school building, which may have (iii) undergone many (iv) changes, will be (v) recognisable any more.
(i) (a) traditional (b) familial (c) non-inheritance (d) hereditary
Answer:
(c) non-inheritance
(ii) (a) recalled (b) retained (c) reminded (d) unremembered
Answer:
(d) unremembered
(iii) (a) encountered (b) supported (c) avoided (d) endured
Answer:
(c) avoided
(iv) (a) corrections (b) advances (c) adjustments (d) similarities
Answer:
(d) similarities
(v) (a) noticeable (b) unrecognizable (c) placeable (d) indentable
Answer:
(b) unrecognizable
2. After about ten minutes, we came to the (i) local school, (ii) Beyond the iron gates were the playing field and the two-storeyed school building. We got down from the car and stood in (iii) front of the gate. I asked Aditya whether (iv) everything was still the (v) same.
(i) (a) native (b) domestic (c) towm (d) foreign
Answer:
(d) foreign
(ii) (a) above (b) outside (c) below (d) ahead
Answer:
(c) below
(iii) (a) ahead (b) back (c) before (d) against
Answer:
(b) back
(iv) (a) everywhere (b) every bit (c) nothing (d) all of it
Answer:
(c) nothing
(v) (a) different (b) identical (c) equal (d) similar
Answer:
(a) different
3. The owner of the tea shop, now over sixty, a little (i) rustic in (ii) appearance, with his white (iii) neatly-combed hair and (iv) clean look, was the same as (v) before. He was wearing a dhoti and a blue striped shirt.
(i) (a) rural (b) country (c) urban (d)crude
Answer:
(c) urban
(ii) (a) occurrence (b) happening (c) disappearance (d) cost
Answer:
(c) disappearance
(iii) (a) clearly (b) orderly (c) untidily (d) tidily
Answer:
(c) untidily
(iv) (a) neat (b) dirty (c) wash (d) polish
Answer:
(b) dirty
(v) (a) after (b) prior (c) in advance (d) in front of
Answer:
(a) after
4. The jeweller (i) remarked that it was an antique. Our next stop was the house of Jogesh Kabiraj. Though I was a little (ii) curious, I didn’t ask Aditya anything. We (iii) entered the house and went to the room where Sasanka Sanyal stayed. Sasanka uncle was (iv) busy (v) reciting verses from Tagore.
(i) (a) commented (b) observed (c) noted (d) ignored
Answer:
(d) ignored
(ii) (a) eager (b) strange (c) incurious (d) unusual
Answer:
(c) incurious
(iii) (a) left (b) came (c) involved (d) began
Answer:
(a) left
(iv) (a) idle (b) active (c) excessive (d) engaged
Answer:
(a) idle
(v) (a) chanting (b) suppressing (c) delivering (d) explaining
Answer:
(b) suppressing
Antonym Unit – 5 Teach Bloomers
1. Technology has not only made a (i) normal person’s life (ii) easier but it is also a (iii) boon to citizens with (iv) special needs. India is home to 2.7 crore people living with one or the other kind of (v) disability.
(i) (a) strange (b) odd (c) extraordinary (d) ordinary
Answer:
(c) extraordinary
(ii) (a) stronger (b) simplier (c) harder (d) faster
Answer:
(c) harder
(iii) (a) curse (b) bare (c) gift (d) moments
Answer:
(c) gift
(iv) (a) unique (b) common (c) strange (d) ordinary
Answer:
(d) ordinary
(v) (a) inability (b) infirmity (c) ability (d) incapacity
Answer:
(c) ability
2. We can now look (i) forward to a more (ii) inclusive way of (iii) learning, instead of the (iv) cloistered (v) existence that most differently- abled learners had to face in the past.
(i) (a) backward (b) upward (c) exclusive (d) illusive
Answer:
(a) backward
(ii) (a) comprehensive (c) sideward (b) excessive (d) downward
Answer:
(c) exclusive
(iii) (a) grasping (b) reading (c) gaining (d) teaching
Answer:
(d) teaching
(iv) (a) sheltered (b) exposed (c) shielded (d) protected
Answer:
(b) exposed
(v) (a) non-existence (b) non-significant (c) nonchalant (d) non-profit
Answer:
(a) non-existence
♦ Antonym Unit – 6 The Lost Lesson
1. I did not know the first word about them. For a moment I thought of running away and spending the day out of doors. It was so (i) warm, so (ii) bright. In the open field back of the saw mill the Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all much more (iii) tempting than the rule for participles, but I had the (iv) strength to resist, and (v) hurried off to school.
(i) (a) cool (b) hot (c) light (d) heat
Answer:
(a) cool
(ii) (a) shine (b) light (c) dull (d) glow
Answer:
(c) dull
(iii) (a) unattractive (b) trying (c) inviting (d) attractive
Answer:
(a) unattractive
(iv) (a) power (b) strong (c) weakness (d) force
Answer:
(c) weakness
(v) (a) slowed (b) rushed (c) accelerated (d) hastened
Answer:
(a) slowed
2. Usually (i) when school began (ii) there was a great bustle, which could be heard out in the street, the opening and closing of desks, lessons repeated in unison (iii) very loud (iv) and the teachers great ruler rapping on the table. But now it was all so still (v)_______
(i) (a) always (b) regularly (c) unusually (d) ever
Answer:
(c) unusually
(ii) (a) closed down (b) started (c) opened (d) established
Answer:
(a) closed down
(iii) (a) together (b) disharmony (c) accordance (d) unity
Answer:
(b) disharmony
(iv) (a) booming (b) calm (c) heavy (d) noisy
Answer:
(b) calm
(v) (a) immobile (b) quiet (c) static (d) blaring
Answer:
(d) blaring
3. Besides, the (i) whole school seemed so (ii) strange and (iii) solemn. But the thing that (iv) surprised me the most was to see, on the back benches that were always (v) empty, the village people sitting quietly like ourselves.
(i) (a) complete (b) partial (c) full (d) overall
Answer:
(b) partial
(ii) (a) peculiar (b) queer (c) crazy (d) familiar
Answer:
(d)familiar
(iii) (a) gloomy (b) dark (c) excited (d) pensive
Answer:
(c) excited
(iv) (a) shocked (b) alarmed (c) dazed (d) expected
Answer:
(d) expected
(v) (a) full (b) hollow (c) drain (d) blank
Answer:
(a) full
4. M.Hamel mounted his chair, and, in the same (i) grave and (ii) gentle tone which he had used to me, said, “this is the (iii) last lesson I shall give you. The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. This is your last French lesson. I want you to be very (iv) attentive.” I (v) hardly knew how to write!
(i) (a) serious (b) mysterious (c) cheerful (d) grim
Answer:
(c) cheerful
(ii) (a) harsh (b) soft (c) pleasant (d) mild
Answer:
(a) harsh
(iii) (a) final (b) ultimate (c) first (d) latest
Answer:
(c) first
(iv) (a) careful (b) cautious (c) considerate (d) inattentive
Answer:
(d) inattentive
(v) (a) scarcely (b) fully (c) seldom (d) rarely
Answer:
(b) fully
♦ Antonym Unit – 7 The Dying Detective
1. “There are (i) many problems of the disease in the East. I have learnt that much during my (ii) recent researches. And during this course I caught this illness,” he said. “I will bring Dr. Ainstree then,” I said going (iii) towards the door, (iv) Never have I had such a (v) shock when the dying man bolted the door.
(i) (a) a lot (b) numerous (c) huge (d) few
Answer:
(d) few
(ii) (a) modern (b) old (c) fresh (d) new
Answer:
(b) old
(iii) (a) close to (b) nearly (c) facing (d) away
Answer:
(d) away
(iv) (a) at no time (b) no way (c) always (d) not ever
Answer:
(c) always
(v) (a) surprise (b) expectation (c) scare (d) horrify
Answer:
(b) expectation
2. The butler (i) appeared at the doorway. Through the half-open door I heard a man’s voice telling the butler, “I am not at home, say so.” I (ii) pushed past the butler and (iii) entered the room. I saw a (iv) frail man with bald head sitting. “I am sorry,” I said, “but the matter cannot be (v) delayed.
(i) (a) show (b) seen (c) beneath (d) vanished
Answer:
(d) vanished
(ii) (a) thrust (b) open (c) pulled (d) held
Answer:
(c) pulled
(iii) (a) arrived (b) exited (c) came (d) got in
Answer:
(b) exited
(iv) (a) strong (b) thin (c) weak (d)lazy
Answer:
(a) strong
(v) (a) slow (b) leisurely (c) quickened (d) denied
Answer:
(c) quickened
3. I told him (i) everything. He (ii) smiled and (iii) agreed to come. Pretending that I had some other appointment. I left him. With a (iv) sinking heart I reached Holmes’ room. He said. “You have done everything that a good friend could do. Now you (v) disappear to the next room.
(i) (a) all (b) everyone (c) nothing (d) few
Answer:
(c) nothing
(ii) (a) frowned (b) giggled (c) gleamed (d) laughed
Answer:
(a) frowned
(iii) (a) accepted (b) followed (c) disagreed (d) disobeyed
Answer:
(c) disagreed
(iv) (a) rising (b) vanish (c) heightened (d) dawned
Answer:
(a) rising
(v) (a) appear (b) encouraged (c) away (d) evaporate
Answer:
(a) appear
4. “Do you know the symptoms?” asked Smith. “Only too well, Mr. Smith,” and he (i) described the symptoms. “They are the (ii) same, Holmes,” Smith said, “Poor Victor was a (iii) dead man on the fourth day – a (iv) strong and (v) healthy young man.
(i) (a) elaborated (b) explained (c) briefed (d) told
Answer:
(c) briefed
(ii) (a) different (b) similar (c) familiar (d) known
Answer:
(a)different
(iii) (a) passed away (b) killed (c) alive (d) being
Answer:
(c)alive
(iv) (a) weak (b) vibrant (c) solid (d) worthy
Answer:
(a)weak
(w) (a) fresh (b) lively (c) Jubilant (d) unhealthy
Answer:
(d) unhealthy