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CSS 2006 — Synonyms & Antonyms (Solved)

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2006 had 5 synonyms and 5 antonyms, several of them culture-specific words (Cajun, Veld, Samizdat). The option sets did not survive, so each question shows the word and the correct answer.

(a) Synonyms

1. FINICKY

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Answer: Fussy

  • Urdu: نکتہ چیں، مین میکھ نکالنے والا، نخرے باز
  • Meaning (adj.): fussy about one's needs or requirements; needing great attention to detail
  • Synonyms: fussy, fastidious, particular, picky, meticulous, pernickety
  • Antonyms: easy-going, undemanding, careless, indifferent
  • Sentences:
    1. The child is finicky about food.
    2. Repairing old watches is finicky work.

2. CAJUN

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Answer: French-descended people of Louisiana

  • Urdu: امریکی ریاست لوئیزیانا کے فرانسیسی نژاد لوگ
  • Meaning (n./adj.): a member of a French-speaking community in Louisiana, descended from Acadians expelled from Canada; their cuisine or culture
  • Synonyms: Acadian, Louisiana French
  • Antonyms: (none)
  • Sentences:
    1. Cajun food is famous for its spicy gumbo.
    2. Cajun music features the accordion and fiddle.

3. LOGGIA

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Answer: Gallery / open-sided veranda

  • Urdu: برآمدہ، کھلی گیلری، دالان
  • Meaning (n.): a gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of a house
  • Synonyms: gallery, veranda, portico, arcade, balcony, porch
  • Antonyms: (none)
  • Sentences:
    1. The Mughal haveli had a shaded loggia overlooking the courtyard.
    2. They took tea in the loggia at sunset.

4. VELD

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Answer: Open grassland (South Africa)

  • Urdu: جنوبی افریقہ کا گھاس کا کھلا میدان
  • Meaning (n.): open, uncultivated grassland in southern Africa
  • Synonyms: grassland, savannah, steppe, prairie, plain, pampas
  • Antonyms: forest, jungle, woodland
  • Sentences:
    1. Herds of antelope roam the veld.
    2. The veld turns golden in the dry season.

5. SAMIZDAT

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Answer: Underground press

  • Urdu: خفیہ طور پر شائع کیا جانے والا ممنوعہ لٹریچر
  • Meaning (n.): the clandestine copying and distribution of banned literature, originally in the Soviet Union
  • Synonyms: underground press, clandestine publishing, dissident literature, banned writing
  • Antonyms: official press, state media, authorised publication
  • Sentences:
    1. Solzhenitsyn's works first circulated as samizdat.
    2. During martial law, poems spread through samizdat.

(b) Antonyms

6. PENCHANT

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Answer: Aversion / dislike

  • Urdu: شوق، رجحان، میلان
  • Meaning (n.): a strong or habitual liking for something
  • Synonyms: liking, fondness, taste, inclination, predilection, weakness for
  • Antonyms: aversion, dislike, distaste, antipathy, loathing
  • Sentences:
    1. He has a penchant for old Urdu ghazals.
    2. She has an aversion to crowded places.

7. FACSIMILE

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Answer: Original

  • Urdu: ہو بہو نقل، عکسی نقل
  • Meaning (n.): an exact copy, especially of written or printed material; also a fax
  • Synonyms: copy, replica, reproduction, duplicate, likeness, fax
  • Antonyms: original, prototype, master copy, archetype
  • Sentences:
    1. The museum displays a facsimile of the original Quran manuscript.
    2. The original painting is kept in a vault.
  • Note: some lists give "mutation" or "alteration"; those are loose opposites. "Original" is the true antonym.

8. PUTATIVE

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Answer: Actual / confirmed

  • Urdu: مفروضہ، مشہور، سمجھا جانے والا
  • Meaning (adj.): generally considered or reputed to be
  • Synonyms: supposed, reputed, assumed, presumed, alleged, apparent
  • Antonyms: actual, confirmed, proven, real, established
  • Sentences:
    1. He is the putative father of the child.
    2. The putative benefits of the scheme never materialised.

9. CAPTIOUS

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Answer: Tolerant / uncritical

  • Urdu: عیب جو، نکتہ چیں، بال کی کھال نکالنے والا
  • Meaning (adj.): tending to find fault or raise petty objections
  • Synonyms: critical, fault-finding, carping, nitpicking, quibbling, censorious
  • Antonyms: tolerant, uncritical, lenient, forgiving, approving
  • Sentences:
    1. The captious reviewer found errors in every chapter.
    2. A good mentor is tolerant of beginners' mistakes.

10. LARCENY

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Answer: Restitution (giving back)

  • Urdu: چوری، سرقہ
  • Meaning (n.): theft of personal property
  • Synonyms: theft, stealing, robbery, burglary, pilfering, embezzlement
  • Antonyms: restitution, return, compensation, honesty
  • Sentences:
    1. He was charged with larceny for stealing a car.
    2. The court ordered restitution of the stolen goods.
  • Note: abstract nouns like larceny have no perfect antonym. Restitution (giving back) is the keyed idea.

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