Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

Polygamy is very common in Africa, whereas the only acceptable from of marriage in Europe is.....

A. bigamy

B. celibacy

C. polyandry

D. ordination

E. monogamy

The principal wants us to....the motion, so don't oppose it.

A. sustain

B. support

C. defame

D. applaud

E. deride

He denied that he ever.....committing the offence in his earlier statement

A. admitted

B. argued

C. emphasized

D. negated

E. colluded

The brevity of the Guest-of-honour's address contrasts with the ....of the Chairman's opening remarks

A. intensity

B. propensity

C. solidity

D. affinity

E. verbosity

The long trek exhausted him so he needed to rest to ....himself

A. repose

B. remake

C. recuperate

D. replace

E. rejuvenate

The motorists said the splashing of the waters was...not deliberate

A. incidental

B. intentional

C. accidental

D. avoidable

E. unnecessary

One of the aims of the structural adjustment policy is to make us...........rather than consumers

A. parasites

B. developers

C. designers

D. producers

E. founders

The computerized services of the new bank contrast with the ....operations of the old ones

A. mechanical

B. eletrical

C. aerial

D. condensed

E. manual

Tunde says he always looks sober because there is nothing to be ...about

A. serious

B. excited

C. happy

D. witty

E. worried

I felt as if I was in an oven throughout my stay in the sahara, while our room here in Jos is like a .....

A. freezer

B. chimney

C. ventilator

D. furnance

E. delta