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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Antonym/restiveness
RESTIVENESS:
A. contentment
B. heartiness
C. smugness
D. bashfulness
E. urbanity
(Choose a lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the capital letters.)
The answer is A. I got very confused. “Restive” doesn’t imply anything about that it is discontentment that causes the uneasy impatience and resisting control.
A. contentment
B. heartiness
C. smugness
D. bashfulness
E. urbanity
(Choose a lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the capital letters.)
The answer is A. I got very confused. “Restive” doesn’t imply anything about that it is discontentment that causes the uneasy impatience and resisting control.
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This is what the dic says about "restiveness", Jeff:
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I do agree. But "contentment" also implies "happiness" hence "quietness", not wanting to do anything to get more than what we've already got. For ex., "smugness" only implies part of it.
I rather see it as "movement" as opposed to "absence of movement".
I rather see it as "movement" as opposed to "absence of movement".
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If you go at it the other way round, only "contentment" fits the bill...
BTW, they say "the most nearly opposite"...
BTW, they say "the most nearly opposite"...
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