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61
This is a trivial matter.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Trivial : of little value or importance.
Difficult : needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.
Easy : achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
Small : of a size that is less than normal or usual.
Important : of great significance or value.

Antonym of Trivial is Important
62
This is not ideology but pragmatic language teaching.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Pragmatic : dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
Impractical : not adapted for use or action; not sensible or realistic.
Improper : not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty.
Imperfect : not perfect; faulty or incomplete.
Impossible : not able to occur, exist, or be done.

Antonym of Pragmatic is Impractical
63
This is only the most tenuous evidence for it.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Tenuous : very weak or slight.
Abundant : existing or available in large quantities; plentiful.
Enough : as much or as many as required.
Reasonable : having sound judgement; fair and sensible.
Less : a smaller amount of; not as much.

Antonym of Tenuous is Abundant
64
This is the cardinal point of the issue.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Cardinal : of the greatest importance; fundamental.
Minor : a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
Vital : absolutely necessary; essential.
Debatable : open to discussion or argument.
Insignificant : too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

Antonym of Cardinal is Insignificant
65
This offer has come as a great boon to me.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Boon : a thing that is helpful or beneficial.
Misfortune : bad luck.
Blemish : a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something.
Curse : a cause of harm or misery.
Trouble : difficulty or problems.

Antonym of Boon is Curse
66
This painting is full of radiant colours.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Radiant : sending out light; shining or glowing brightly.
Delicate : very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality.
Dull : lacking brightness, vividness, or sheen.
Bright : giving out or reflecting much light; shining.
Rare : (of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often.

Antonym of Radiant is Dull
67
This piece of land is the most fertile and yields a good harvest each year.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Fertile : (of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.
Startling : very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable.
Sterile : (of land or soil) too poor in quality to produce crops.
Worthless : having no real value or use.
Futile : incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

Antonym of Fertile is Sterile
68
This shop keeps only genuine articles.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Genuine : truly what something is said to be; authentic.
Imported : (of goods or services) brought into a country from abroad for sale.
Spurious : not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
Antique : a collectable object such as a piece of furniture or work of art that has a high value because of its age and quality.
Duplicate : exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Antonym of Genuine is Spurious
69
This tonic serves to vitalise your hairs.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Vitalise : give strength and energy to.
Shorten : make or become shorter.
Enfeeble : make weak or feeble.
Repress : subdue (someone or something) by force.
Clamour : a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.

Antonym of Vitalise is Enfeeble
70
This window-pane is transparent.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Transparent : (of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.
Opaque : not able to be seen through; not transparent.
Translucent : (of a substance) allowing light, but not detailed shapes, to pass through; semi-transparent.
Solid : firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.
Fragile : (of an object) easily broken or damaged.

Antonym of Transparent is Opaque