1. SATURNINE
- jovial
- sedate
- morose
- desolate
- dispirited
Saturnine means gloomy,unhappy. Sedate means calm. Morose,sedate,dispirited forms synonyms and thus can be easily eliminated. Jovial means happy and is the correct answer.
2. ACQUIESCENCE
- noncompliance
- conformity
- amenability
- defiance
- precise
The best answer is A. ACQUIESCENCE means agreement,compliance. Hence the correct answer choice is noncompliance.
3. SURFEIT
- egress
- slake
- plethora
- adequacy
- paucity
Surfeit means excess. Paucity meaning scarcity is the antonym. The best answer is E.
4. JUVENILE
- mature
- puerile
- firm
- juxtaposition
- turmoil
Juvenile means immature. Puerile means childish,immature. Mature is the correct answer.
5. APPREHEND
- bestow
- caper
- release
- deliberate
- speculate
Apprehend means to catch and arrest. Hence antonym is release.
6. DAUNTLESS
- craven
- worthless
- incorrigible
- serene
- incompatible
Dauntless indicates the unbuckling spirit of a courageous person. Craven is indicated of shameless cowards who sink in abject fear. This is the right answer. Incorrigible is one that cannot be corrected or saved. Serene means calm.
7. EVASIVE
- direct
- ambiguous
- spellbind
- elusive
- devious
Evasive means deceitful, tricky.The closest antonym among the answer choices is direct.
8. METTLESOME
- censorious
- apocryphal
- incredulous
- fluent
- craven
Mettlesome means brave. Craven means cowardly and is the correct answer.
9. TESTY
- choleric
- even-tempered
- irascible
- industrious
- captious
Testy means irritable. Choleric,Irascible,Captious are synonyms of testy and can be eliminated. Even-Tempered is the correct answer.
10. SAGACIOUS
- fatuous
- sanguine
- judicious
- genial
- saturnine
Sagacious means judicious. So we are looking for a word that is opposite to judicious. Fatuous meaning foolish is the correct answer.
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