The Portrait of a Lady Antonyms
1. She had been old and her skin wrinkled for the twenty years I had known her.
(a) lined
(b) smooth
(c) marked
(d) folded
2. She had once been pretty.
(a) beautiful.
(b) plain / ugly
(c) graceful
(d) attractive
3. He wore a loose fitting garment.
(a) free
(b) detached
(c) tight
(d) slim
4. The thought was revolting.
(a) distasteful
(b) horrible
(c) nasty
(d) pleasing
5. That seemed quite absurd.
(a) wise / logical
(b) silly
(c) illogical
(d) incongruous
6. She was alwavs spotless white.
(a) neat
(b) clean
(c) pine
(d) dirty
7. One hand was resting on her waist to balance her stoop
(a) hunch
(b) bent
(c) upright
(d) curved
8. Her silver hair lav scattered.
(a) sprinkled
(b) untidy
(c) gathered
(d) divided
9. Her lips were moving constantly in inaudible naver.
(a) always
(b) persistently
(c) regularly
(d) inconstantly
10. She was an expanse of white serenitv.
(a) harmony
(b) peace
(c) equilibrium
(d) anxiety
11. There was contentment in her face?
(a) satisfaction
(b) widespread
(c) dissatisfaction/discontentment
(b) pleasure
12. She was distressed.
(a) upset
(b) frightened
(c) anxious
(d) pleased
13. She was not sentimental.
(a) emotional
(b) dispassionate / practical
(c) tender
(d) sad
14. Grandma accepted her seclusion.
(a) loneliness
(b) segregation
(c) solitude
(d) association
15. We had to persuade her to avoid overstraining.
(a) accept
(b) dissuade
(c) motivate
(d) inspire
16. She said her morning prayers in a monotonous singsong voice.
(a) tiresome
(b) fragrant
(c) satisfying
(d) interesting
17. She rarely spoke to me after that.
(a) scarcely
(b) hardly
(c) always
(d) occasionally
18. They flew away quietly.
(a) noiselessly
(b) calmly
(c) composedly
(d) noisily
19. I cherished the moist imprint as the last sign of physical contact.
(a) marshy
(b) arid
(c) slimy
(d) sultry
20. She fed the birds for a long time with frivolous rebukes.
(a) serious
(b) sad
(c) furious
(d) happy
21. Only a few hours before the last chapter of her life she had omitted to pray
(a) isolated
(b) rejected
(c) contracted
(d) included
22. We protested.
(a) promoted
(b) apprehended
(c) accepted
(d) projected
