In each of the following groups, circle the word or expression that most nearly the opposite of the word in boldface type?
1. grim
a. happy
b. sad
c. horrified
d. stern
2. substantial
a. large
b. small
c. generous
d. personal
3. spirited
a. amusing
b. lackluster
c. bitter
d. firm
4. grimy
a. mild
b. soiled
c. immaculate
d. matchless
5. scurry
a. scamper
b. fly
c. run
d. trudge
6. orthodox
a. familiar
b. heretical
c. interesting
d. puzzling
7. fruitless
a. successful
b. well-planned
c. exhausted
d. failing
8. uncertainty
a. doubtfulness
b. newness
c. strangeness
d. sureness
9. iota
a. glut
b. result
c. smidgen
d. failure
10. potential
a. possible
b. real
c. new
d. minor
11. prominent
a. wealthy
b. unselfish
c. famous
d. obscure
12. rural
a. urban
b. foreign
c. sizable
d. new
13. malignant
a. harmless
b. dangerous
c. ugly
d. unexplained
14. makeshift
a. temporary
b. durable
c. worthless
d. complicated
15. snare
a. capture
b. kill
c. release
d. feed
16. marginal
a. central
b. laughable
c. secondary
d. unworthy