WAEC SSCE WASSCE 2001 English: Antonyms
This post is part of a series touching on the different aspects of SSCE / WASSCE English past questions. In the first series of posts, we are focusing on antonyms (opposite in meaning).
SECTION 1: In the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words letterd A to D, choose the one word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.
ANTONYMS
41. After years of extravagant living, the young man has now become…..
A. wiser
B. miserly
C. greedy
D. thrifty
42. Koomson worked tirelessly to relieve the sick from…..in order to give them some comfort.
A. danger
B. distress
C. destruction
D. disturbance
43. She is supposed to distribute the rice, not….it.
A. pile
B. save
C. hoard
D. load
44. Though uncouth in her school days, Mansa now appears quite….
A. enlightened
B. literate
C. reformed
D. refined
45. Far from being ….the new prefect can be unforgiving.
A. benevolent
B. merciful
C. amiable
D. amicable
46. The magistrate did not discover the truth accidentally but did so….
A. methodically
B. regularly
C. efficiently
D. casually
Answers to SSCE / WASSCE 2001 English: Antonyms
41. D - thrifty
42. B - distress
43. C - hoard
44. D - refined
45. B - merciful
46. A - methodically
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