Beginners GRE-TOEFL Guide: TOEFL

Skepticism

A) Plausibility
B) Audacity
C) Reason
D) Argument
E) Conviction

From the -ism suffix in Skepticism, we can guess that it is noun.
But what is Skepticism? It is doubt about truth. so the opposite must be a truth that is
not doubtful.

Plausibility - reasonable and likely to be true.
Her story sounded perfectly plausible.

Audacity - Boldness, Brave but rude behavior.
He had the audacity to say I was too fat.

Reason - the power of the mind to think in a logical way, to understand and have opinions
Only human beings are capable of reason.

Argument - a reason or set of reasons that somebdoy uses to show that something
is true or correct
There are strong arguments for and against euthanasia.

Conviction - a strong opinion or belief.
She was motivated by deep religious conviction.

Among these choices only Plausiblity is most likely the antonyms for Sketpitcism
So A) is the right choice.

Splendor

A) Earnestness
B) Squalor
C) Depravity
D) Greed
E) Innovation

Looking at the choice, one can deduce that Splendor is noun.
Splendor is grand and impressive beauty.

A) Earnestness - Sincerity and seriousness.
She spoke with total earnestness.

B) Squalor - Dirty and unpleasent conditions.
He had lost his job and was living in squalor.

C) Depravity - Wickedness, the state of being morally bad.
After caught in scandal, he is living a life of depravity.

D) Greed - a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs
His actions were motivated by greed.

E) Innovation - the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of doing something.
21st century is an age of technological innovation.

The antonym is simple Squalor. So the choice is B).

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