Choose the most appropriate antonym of the underlined word.1. Imagination of odd things always leads to absolute humour. (a) tragedy (b) beauty (c) comedy (d) danger2. The ghost raised such a hullabaloo of misunderstandings. (a) misinterpretation (b) calculations (c) silence (d) tumult3. Its advent caused my mother to throw a shoe. (a) initiation (b) departure (c) calmness (d) dawn4. They began about a quarter past one o’clock in the morning. (a) started (b) culminated (c) culminated (d) brought5. My mother was asleep in one room upstairs. (a) lethargic (b) brimming (c) awake (d) dozing6. The old walnut bed, you will remember, fell on my father. (a) agree (b) blame (c) forget (d) daring7. They were the steps of a man walking rapidly. (a) forcibly (b) speedily (c) hurriedly (d) leisurely8. The steps kept going round and round at regular intervals. (a) unvarying(b) irregular (c) consistent (d) reckless9. It did not enter my mind until later that it was a ghost. (a) fixture (b) earlier (c) advanced (d) latter10. The steps had ceased. (a) stopped (b) seized (c) begun (d) terminated11. The slamming of the doors had aroused mother. (a) dampened (b) below (c) above (d) finite12. ‘What was all that running around downstairs?’ said mother. (a) stairway (b) attic (c) dining (d) upstairs13. Bodwell was subject to mild ‘attacks’. (a) trivial (b) serious (c) insignificant (d) meagre14. The police were on hand in a commendably short time. (a) laudably (b) outrageously (c) committedly (d) admirably15. They came in a patrol wagon with a few reporters. (a) meagre (b) limited (c) many (d) scarce16. Finally the cops put their shoulders to our big heavy front door. (a) light (b) substantial (c) hefty (d) dense17. He believed that General Meade’s men, were beginning to retreat. (a) rejoice (b) advance (c) evacuation (d) withdrawal18. The; cops were reluctant to leave. (a) indisposed (b) settle (c) keen (d) lazy19. The night had been distinctly a defeat for them. (a) victory (b) setback (c) conquest (d) destiny20. The reporter was a thin-faced, wispy man. (a) fine(b) flimsy (c) thin (d) substantia