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Choose from the following, the answer that is opposite in meaning to the main word (Written in Capital letters).
Q. FOE
(A) friend
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) genuine
The antonym is: (A) friend
Foe means enemy. Hence, friend is the opposite.
Q. CHARLATAN
(A) fraud
(B) shrink
(C) genuine
(D) central
The antonym is: (C) genuine
Charlatan means fraud. Hence, genuine is the opposite.
Q. PERIPHERAL
(A) habit
(B) enemy
(C) kind
(D) central
The antonym is: (D) central
Peripheral means something not central (for example, side-business). Hence, central (main) is the opposite.
Q. DIFFIDENT
(A) shy
(B) confident
(C) deprived
(D) stupid
The antonym is: (B) confident
Diffident means shyness (or shy). Hence, confident is the opposite.
Q. FOMENT
(A) greed
(B) silent
(C) quash
(D) uneasy
The antonym is: (C) quash
Foment means to incite. Hence, quash (to suppress or to put down) is the opposite.