WAEC SSCE WASSCE 2003 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 focus 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
52. The aroma of the stew contrasts greatly with the ……from the gutter.
A. emission
B. air
C. fume
D. stench
53. Tell us who perished and who ………the plane crash.
A. remained
B. escaped
C. survived
D. lived
54. Referees are expected to be fair but their decisions are sometimes…..
A. controversial
B. final
C. false
D. contradictory
55. The rules bar smoking in the club although drinking is …..
A. admitted
B. acknowledge
C. allowed
D. applauded
56. Everybody thought the lecturer was very learned but they found his arguments…..
A. brave
B. misleading
C. annoying
D. naïve
57. Last year, she….to be my wife, but now she is rejecting me.
A. agreed
B. nodded
C. assessed
D. asserted
58. When we demanded a detailed account, he gave us a …. estimate.
A. rough
B. fair
C. vetted
D. forged
59. You must conceal this information from your daughter, otherwise she will….it to her friends.
A. expose
B. unveil
C. disclose
D. uncover
60. We concluded that what he told us was a tall story rather than a/an ……….one.
A. interesting
B. humorous
C. true
D. short
61. I have become accustomed to his antics, though I found them…….at first.
A. foolish
B. customary
C. ordinary
D. strange
Answers to SSCE / WASSCE 2003 English: Antonyms
52. D - stench
53. C- survived
54. A - controversial
55. C - allowed
56. D - naïve
57. A - agreed
58. A - rough
59. C - disclose
60. C - true
61. D - strange
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