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Root word: 01

Antagonism
Antidote
Anti
(Against)

Antithesis Antipathy

1. Antidote (noun) – A medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison. विषहर औषध
Synonyms – remedy, cure, corrective, nostrum, countermeasure

2. Antipathy (noun) – A deep-seated feeling of aversion. घण

ृ ा
Synonyms – antagonism, animosity, aversion, animus, opposition, enmity

3. Antithesis (noun) – A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
प्रतिपक्षिा
Synonyms – opposite, direct opposite, converse

4. Antagonism (noun) – Active hostility or opposition. विरोध

Synonyms – hostility, friction, enmity, antipathy, animus

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Practice Exercise
Direction (Q1 – Q4): Select the best express synonym of the given words
1. There is no known antidote to the poison of the pufferfish.
A. Laud
B. Deluge
C. Bemused
D. Remedy
2. His fundamental antipathy to capitalism.
A. Aversion
B. Clique
C. Garrulous
D. Existential
3. Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
A. Infinitesimal
B. Converse
C. Qualitative
D. Intrinsic
4. The antagonism between them.
A. Indulgent
B. Erudite
C. Animus
D. Squander

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Answers
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C
Explanation of other important words

Sr.NO Word Meanings

Q1 Laud verb To praise; to applaud ; to extol; to प्रशंसा करना
celebrate

Deluge noun a flood; an inundation बाढ़

Bemused adjective Confused, Bewildered उलझन में

Q2 Clique noun An exclusive group bound together गट

ु
by some shared quality or interest

Garrulous adjective Talkative; chatty बातन

ू ी, वाचाल

Existential adjective Having to do with existence अस्ततत्व संबध

ं ी

Q3 Infinitesimal adjective Very, very, very small; infinitely बहुत छोटा

small.
Qualitative adjective Having to do with the quality or गण
ु ात्मक
qualities of something (As opposed
to the quantity)
Intrinsic adjective Part of the essential nature of तवाभाववक
something; inherent

Q4 Erudite adjective Scholarly; deeply learned वैज्ञाननक,

ववद्वत्तापण
ू ,ण ज्ञानी
Indulgent adjective Lenient; yielding to desire कृपालु

Squander verb To waste बबाणद करने के ललए

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