Five suggested meanings are given against each keyword. Choose the word or phrase which is opposite in meaning to the key word.
1. palatable
a) tasteless
b) potable
c) edible
d) pleasant
e) appealing
2. Palatial
a) impressive
b) splendid
c) extravagant
d) miserable
e) regal
3. Palliate
a) alleviate
b) aggregate
c) aggravate
d) synthesize
e) synchronize
4. Palpable
a) conspicuous
b) perceptible by feeling or touch
c) overt
d) physical
e) intangible
5. Panacea
a) ineffective solution
b) supposed cure-all
c) solution
d) cure
e) magic potion
6. Panegyric
a) allusion
b) praise
c) allegory
d) censure
e) eulogy
7. Pariah
a) a social outcast
b) outsider
c) aristocrat
d) orthodox
e) none of these
8. Paroxysm
a) spasm
b) suppressed emotions
c) sudden outburst
d) paradoxical
e) none of these
9. Parsimonious
a) modest
b) spendthrift
c) miserly
d) nonchalant
e) sparing
10. Partisan
a) member
b) opponent
c) sponsor
d) adherent
e) fan
11. Pathos
a) tragedy
b) bathos
c) grief
d) joy
e) satire
12. Paucity
a) dearth
b) possibility
c) rareness
d) plethora
e) scantiness
13. Peccadillo
a) transgression
b) virtue
c) offense
d) indulgence
e) stain
14. Pedestrian
a) exciting
b) walker
c) prosaic
d) dull
e) strider
15. Pellucid
a) transparent
b) opaque
c) clear
d) clean
e) visible
16. Penchant
a) desire
b) proclivity
c) horror
d) predilection
e) proclivity
17. Penurious
a) needy
b) indigent
c) impecunious
d) well-off
e) niggardly
18. Penury
a) poverty
b) affluence
c) indigence
d) destitution
e) neediness
19. Peremptory
a) polite
b) dictatorial
c) authoritative
d) dogmatic
e) decisive
20. Perfidy
a) honesty
b) lying
c) treachery
d) duplicity
e) deceit
Answers
1. tasteless
2. miserable
3. aggravate
4. intangible
5. ineffective solution
6. censure
7. aristocrat
8. suppressed emotions
9. spendthrift
10. opponent
11. joy
12. plethora
13. virtue
14. exciting
15. opaque
16. horror
17. well-off
18. affluence
19. polite
20. honesty