Opposites Set One

Question 1

Didactically

Answer 1

Uninstructively, Uneducatedly

Question 2

Laconic

Answer 2

Verbose, Wordy, Long-winded

Question 3

Interred

Answer 3

Exhumed, Unearthed

Question 3

Phosphorescent

Answer 3

Opaque, Dull, Dark

Question 4

Superfluous

Answer 4

Necessary, Essential, Indispensable

Question 5

Redolent

Answer 5

Odourless, Unscented, Neutral-smelling

Question 6

Chronicler

Answer 6

There isn’t a direct opposite, but someone who erases or forgets history might serve as an abstract contrast (e.g., Amnesiac, Revisionist).

Question 7

Curtailed

Answer 7

Extended, Prolonged, Lengthened

Question 8

Bucolic

Answer 8

Urban, Cosmopolitan, Metropolitan

Question 9

Wryly

Answer 9

Sincerely, Earnestly, Seriously

Question 10

Felicitously

Answer 10

Inappropriately, Awkwardly, Ineptly

Question 11

Machinations

Answer 11

Innocence, Naivety, Candour

Question 12

Repetitious

Answer 12

Varied, Diverse, Non-repetitive

Question 13

Enervation

Answer 13

Invigoration, Strengthening, Energizing

Question 14

Sophistry

Answer 14

Truthfulness, Sincerity, Honesty

Question 15

Solicitously

Answer 15

Indifferently, Unconcernedly, Carelessly

Question 16

Plaintive

Answer 16

Cheerful, Joyful, Jubilant

Question 17

Transcendental

Answer 17

Mundane, Ordinary, Earthly

Question 18

Frenetically

Answer 18

Calmly, Peacefully, Serenely

Question 19

Expounding

Answer 19

Withholding, Condensing, Summarizing

Question 20

Effusive

Answer 20

Reserved, Restrained, Curt

Question 21

Honorarium

Answer 21

Penalty, Fine, Debt (abstract opposite related to financial context)

Question 22

Oblique

Answer 22

Direct, Straightforward, Forthright

Question 23

Hitherto

Answer 23

Henceforth, Hereafter, Subsequently