Important Direct – Indirect Speech Questions :
Directions :
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
1. PLIABLE
(1) rigid
(2) friendly
(3) flexible
(4) applicable
2. DELUSION
(1) reality
(2) acceptance
(3) precision
(4) fiction
3. ALACRITY
(1) liveliness
(2) indifference
(3) promptness
(4) doubt
4. ARROGANT
(1) simple
(2) timid
(3) civilized
(4) modest
5. SPURIOUS
(1) illegitimate
(2) authentic
(3) mysterious
(4) dangerous
6. FLEXIBLE
(1) rigid
(2) cruel
(3) humble
(4) easy
7. IGNITE
(1) light
(2) rekindle
(3) extinguish
(4) genuine
8. RAPID
(1) happy
(2) fall
(3) slow
(4) abnormal
9. OVERT
(1) inexplicable
(2) ambiguous
(3) concealed
(4) manifest
10. PROCRASTINATE
(1) experiment
(2) expedite
(3) exclude
(4) propagate
11. QUERULOUS
(1) strange
(2) uncomplaining
(3) answerable
(4) stranger
12. BETRAYAL
(1) deception
(2) treason
(3) loyalty
(4) distrust
13. VISIONARY
(1) farsighted
(2) regular
(3) pragmatist
(4) piety
14. OUTRAGEOUS
(1) justifiable
(2) lusty
(3) jolly
(4) wicked
15. APPARITION
(1) realness
(2) perceptible
(3) illusion
(4) undetectable
16. AGITATE
(1) please
(2) disturb
(3) pacify
(4) rouse
17. ACCENTUATE
(1) disparage
(2) enunciate
(3) aggrandize
(4) exacerbate
18. DYNAMIC
(1) static
(2) stupid
(3) strange
(4) stout
19. ASSENT
(1) confusion
(2) dissent
(3) self-interest
(4) separation
20. UNSCRUPULOUS
(1) dedicated
(2) single–minded
(3) conscientious
(4) superfluous
21. EVASIVE
(1) indefinite
(2) explicit
(3) unclear
(4) categorical
22. ABRUPT
(1) obscure
(2) gradual
(3) concrete
(4) rapid
23. HOSTILITY
(1) friendship
(2) partnership
(3) relationship
(4) enmity
24. AUTONOMY
(1) subordination
(2) dependence
(3) slavery
(4) conformity
25. EPITOME
(1) quintessence
(2) paragon
(3) enlargement
(4) incarnation
