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61
He was dejected when he heard the news.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Dejected : sad and depressed; dispirited.
Elated : make (someone) ecstatically happy.
Impressed : feeling or showing admiration or respect for someone or something.
Hilarious : extremely amusing.
Gleeful : exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.

Antonym of Dejected is Elated
62
He was exonerated of the charge of theft when the woman gave an evidence in his favour.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Exonerated : (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
Imprisoned : kept in prison: captive.
Complained : express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.
Expelled : officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.
Accused : a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.

Antonym of Exonerated is Accused
63
He was always prepared to refute the idea.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Refute : prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.
Agree : have the same opinion about something; concur.
Subscribe : arrange to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance.
Recommend : put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role.
Endorse : declare one's public approval or support of.

Antonym of Refute is Endorse
64
He was asked to accelerate the pace of work.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Accelerate : (especially of a vehicle) begin to move more quickly.
Check : examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.
Control : the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.
Slacken : reduce or decrease in speed or intensity.
Supervise : observe and direct the execution of (a task or activity).

Antonym of Accelerate is Slacken
65
He was found guilty.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Guilty : culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
True : in accordance with fact or reality.
Right : morally good, justified, or acceptable.
Innocent : not guilty of a crime or offence.
Correct : free from error; in accordance with fact or truth.

Antonym of Guilty is Innocent
66
He was given in to much fanaticism.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Fanaticism : the quality of being fanatical; obsessively concerned with something.
Reason : a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
Kindness : the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.
Passivity : acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance.
Violence : behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

Antonym of Fanaticism is Reason
67
He was in a dejected mood.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Dejected : sad and depressed; dispirited.
Irritable : having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.
Romantic : conducive to or characterized by the expression of love.
Jubilant : feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
Rejected : dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Antonym of Dejected is Jubilant
68
He was often sent to foreign tours by the company.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Foreign : of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.
Native : a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.
Overseas : in or to a foreign country, especially one across the sea.
Distant : far away in space or time.
Remote : (of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

Antonym of is
69
He was really delighted to see me.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Delighted : feeling or showing great pleasure.
Scared : fearful; frightened.
Disturbed : having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted.
Surprised : feeling or showing surprise.
Displeased : feeling or showing annoyance and displeasure.

Antonym of Delighted is Displeased
70
He was the most eccentric and difficult patron.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Eccentric : (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.
Normal : conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
Sober : not affected by alcohol; not drunk.
Genial : friendly and cheerful.
Sociable : willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; friendly.

Antonym of Eccentric is Normal