HSPT Verbal : Antonyms: Verbs About Existence, Ownership, and Quantities
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Example Question #1 : Antonyms: Verbs About Existence, Ownership, And Quantities
An antonym of "transfer" is __________.
disdain
convey
grant
retain
relocate
retain
The word "transfer" literally means to carry across (as in carrying across a border). When someone transfers goods or money, he or she sends them to someone else (or to another place). In contrast to such conveyance, we could consider an antonym to be "to hold on to." The word "retain" means just this, namely to keep something in someone's own possession (instead of giving it).
Example Question #1 : Antonyms: Verbs About Existence, Ownership, And Quantities
An antonym of "subsist" is ___________.
accede
meander
obscure
burgeon
survive
burgeon
When someone is said to "subsist" on something, he or she barely survives—only well enough to keep together his or her physical being. This comes from the old philosophical notion of subsistence, which indicates the basic existence of a being—though not necessarily implying any great flourishing. In contrast to this, "burgeoning" growth is great, fruitful growth. When something or someone is burgeoning, that thing is greatly flourishing. This is a good contrast to merely "subsisting."
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