English, 03.02.2020 06:44, jay1462

In each of the following groups, circle the word or expression that most nearly the opposite of the word in boldface type?

1. grim
a. happy
b. sad
c. horrified
d. stern

2. substantial
a. large
b. small
c. generous
d. personal

3. spirited
a. amusing
b. lackluster
c. bitter
d. firm

4. grimy
a. mild
b. soiled
c. immaculate
d. matchless

5. scurry
a. scamper
b. fly
c. run
d. trudge

6. orthodox
a. familiar
b. heretical
c. interesting
d. puzzling

7. fruitless
a. successful
b. well-planned
c. exhausted
d. failing

8. uncertainty
a. doubtfulness
b. newness
c. strangeness
d. sureness

9. iota
a. glut
b. result
c. smidgen
d. failure

10. potential
a. possible
b. real
c. new
d. minor

11. prominent
a. wealthy
b. unselfish
c. famous
d. obscure

12. rural
a. urban
b. foreign
c. sizable
d. new

13. malignant
a. harmless
b. dangerous
c. ugly
d. unexplained

14. makeshift
a. temporary
b. durable
c. worthless
d. complicated

15. snare
a. capture
b. kill
c. release
d. feed

16. marginal
a. central
b. laughable
c. secondary
d. unworthy

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