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MAT Exam 2022 Paper

Question Numbers: 29-31

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 29-31): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which is opposite in meaning to the given word.

Question : 30 of 200

Marks: +1, -0

Ecstasy

Solution:

Concept:

Ecstasy

refers to an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement. Its opposite should express extreme sadness or loss of hope.

Explanation:

Ecstasy means intense joy or elation.

Despair means a complete loss of hope, which is the direct opposite of ecstasy.

Polite means courteous, disperse means to scatter, and resemblance means similarity, none of which is an antonym of ecstasy.

Thus, among the given options, despair correctly conveys the opposite meaning.

Answer:

B. Despair

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