Q7
EnglishVocabulary: Meaning, Synonyms & Antonyms
Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined below: Mary's patience and serenity won the admiration of all who saw her.
- a.holiness
- b.placidity
- c.agitation
- d.equanimity
Answer: (C) agitation
'Serenity' means calmness and peace of mind, so its opposite is 'agitation' (a state of anxiety or disturbance). 'Placidity' and 'equanimity' are synonyms of serenity (both mean calmness or evenness of temper) and are placed as traps for candidates who look for a similar word instead of the opposite. 'Holiness' (sacredness) is unrelated. Other antonyms of serene: turbulent, perturbed, restless.