Worksheet: Synonyms & Antonyms | English Grammar Basic - Class 10 PDF Download

Q1: Choose the word which is most similar in meaning (synonym) to the words given in underline.  
(i) Autocratic
(a) Cooperative                                              
(b) Dictatorial
(c) Inspirational  
(d) Charitable
(e) None of these

(ii) Demonstrate
(a) Remonstrate  
(b) Show  
(c) Witness
(d) Complain
(e) None of these

(iii) Defer
(a) Postpones    
(b) Different  
(c) Accept
(d) Disagree
(e) None of these

(iv) Daring
(a) Brilliant    
(b) Energetic  
(c) Enthusiastic    
(d) Courageous
(e) None of these

(v) Deliberate
(a) Purposeless      
(b) Perpetrate
(c) Intentional
(d) Intervention
(e) None of these

Q2: Choose the word opposite in meaning (antonym) to the words given in underline.
(i) Abundance
(a) Scanty
(b) Tiny  
(c) Scarcity  
(d) Deficient
(e) None of these

(ii) Vice
(a) Fame                          
(b) Virtue    
(c) Fortune    
(d) Fate
(e) None of these

(iii) Provoke
(a) Soothe  
(b) Incite  
(c) Smoothen  
(d) Entice
(e) None of these

(iv) Unanimity
(a) Amity  
(b) Enmity    
(c) Disagreement  
(d) Dissatisfaction
(e) None of these

(v) Renowned
(a) Famous  
(b) Owned  
(c) Un owned  
(d) Unknown
(e) None of these

Q3: Read the following paragraph and answer the following question
“These bottles are harrowing. How could you spend so much money on something that is so drab? You should have called me and confirmed at least. This is what you always do!”
Which of the following words represents the antonym for the word in bold?
(a) Gruesome              
(b) Horrible            
(c) Attractive             
(d) Adorable

Q4: Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows,
Most of the human history has been the Paleolithic period or the old stone age. There is also a mesolithic period that comes about 20000 years ago. The exponential change in the development of the human civilization, however, came in the recent few centuries.
The word in the bold can be replaced by the following word without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Q5: What is the most appropriate antonym for the given word?
Extremist
(a) Absolutist
(b) Fanatic
(c) Zealot
(d) Radical
(e) Moderate

Q6: What is the most appropriate antonym for the word?
Dismantle
(a) Construct
(b) Obfuscate
(c) Alienate
(d) Vacillate
(e) Elucidate

Q7: What is the most appropriate antonym for the given word?
Precarity
(a) Lithe
(b) Stasis
(c) Desuetude
(d) Ubiquity
(e) Quiescence

Q8: What is the most appropriate synonym for the given word?
Assailant
(a) Tormentor
(b) Poltroon
(c) Altruist
(d) Philanthropist
(e) Verbose

Q9: What is the most appropriate synonym for the word?
Disconsolate
(a) Mercurial
(b) Despondent
(c) Candid
(d) Frivolous
(e) Erratic

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