Sunday, March 11, 2007

"ANTONYM OF THE DAY"

GRATUITOUS:
(A) voluntary
(B) arduous
(C) solicitous
(D) righteous
(E) befitting

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

gratuitous means
1. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
2. being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: a gratuitous insult.
3. Law. given without receiving any return value.
e

Admin said...

You may not recognize GRATUITOUS in isolation,
but you probably understand it in the
phrase: “Gratuitous sex and violence.” GRATUITOUS
means “freely given, uncalled for.”
The opposite is BEFITTING. The answer is
(E).