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                  Notes           96. Yonder
                                      (i) past          (ii) over there    (iii) beyond       (iv) after
                                  97. Zap
                                      (i) guild         (ii) mourn         (iii) mystify      (iv) defeat
                                  98. Zeal
                                      (i) enthusiasm    (ii) lukewarm      (iii) unwilling    (iv) pleasure
                                  99. Zenith
                                      (i)low            (ii) depth         (iii) highest point  (iv) defeat
                                 100. Zest
                                      (i) energy        (ii) weakness      (iii) gain         (iv) gusto
                                                                    ANSWERS

                                  1. (iii)  2. (i)  3. (ii)  4. (i)  5. (ii)  6. (iv)  7. (iv)  8. (iv)  9. (iii)  10. (iv)
                                  11. (iv) 12. (i)  13. (ii)  14. (i)  15. (iii) 16. (i)  17. (ii)  18. (ii)  19. (ii)  20. (ii)
                                  21. (iii) 22. (iv) 23. (iii)  24. (ii)  25. (i)  26. (i)  27. (i)  28. (ii)  29. (iii)  30. (i)
                                  31. (ii) 32. (iii) 33. (ii)  34. (iii) 35. (i)  36. (ii)  37. (iv) 38. (i)  39. (i)  40. (iii)
                                  41. (ii) 42. (iii) 43. (i)  44. (i)  45. (ii)  46. (iii) 47. (i)  48. (i)  49. (iv)  50. (iv)
                                  51. (ii) 52. (i)  53. (i)  54. (i)  55. (i)  56. (i)  57. (ii)  58. (ii)  59. (ii)  60. (i)
                                  61. (i)  62. (iv) 63. (iv)  64. (i)  65. (ii)  66. (iii) 67. (iv) 68. (iv) 69. (ii)  70. (ii)
                                  71. (i)  72. (i)  73. (iv)  74. (i)  75. (iv) 76. (ii)  77. (i)  78. (iii) 79. (iv)  80. (iii)
                                  81. (ii) 82. (iii) 83. (ii)  84. (iii) 85. (i)  86. (iv) 87. (iii) 88. (i)  89. (iii)  90. (i)
                                  91. (iii) 92. (iii) 93. (iv)  94. (i)  95. (iii) 96. (iii) 97. (ii)  98. (iv) 99. (i)  100. (iii)

                                 14.2 Antonyms
                                 An antonym is often defined as a word that is contrary in meaning to another; Hot is the antonym of
                                 cold. Remember that an antonym must be in the same port of speech in which the given word is.
                                 Also the answer should be in the same tense form in which the key-word is. The correct answer is
                                 that which is similar in voice to the key-word.
                                 Examples
                                 The correct antonym of Fidelity is disloyalty and not disloyal because fidelity and disloyalty are in
                                 the same part of speech the noun while disloyal is the adjective.
                                  1. Adapt          —   differ, misfit, disagree, irregularise.
                                  2. Admiration     —   hate, condemnation.
                                  3. Ample          —   meagre, scanty, insufficient, limited.
                                  4. Amuse          —   annoy, tire, bore.
                                  5. Atrocious      —   noble, excellent, worthy, laudable.
                                  6. Attract        —   reject, repulse, repel, rebuff.
                                  7. Awareness      —   ignorance, innocence, foolishness.
                                  8. Awake          —   dormant, asleep, latent, slumbering.
                                  9. Backward       —   forward, advance, onward, prompt.
                                  10. Beautiful     —   loathsome, horrible, ugly.
                                  11. Before        —   after, subsequently, succeeding.
                                  12. Beg           —   challenge, claim, demand, contend.
                                  13. Belief        —   disbelief, suspicion, misgiving, distrust.



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