PROPRIETY:
Answer(s): B
PROPRIETY and decorum both mean “conformity to established standards of proper behavior or manners”; accordingly, lack of decorum is the opposite of propriety.
SCIENTIAL:
Answer(s): A
SCIENTIAL means “of or having knowledge,” just the opposite of ignorant
CLOISTERED:
Answer(s): C
CLOISTERED means “secluded or hidden away from the world.” A good antonym is gregarious, which means “living in a community.”
SATIATE:
To SATIATE is to “fill to capacity.” To deplete entirely is to use up completely. Crave (long for) is related to satiate—a person who has become satiated doesn’t crave anymore. But lack of craving is not part of the definition of satiate.
OSSIFIED:
OSSIFIED means “turned to bone, or fossilized”; when wood, for example, becomes fossilized, it hardens as bone. Wizened means “shriveled or wrinkled, as with age”—which describes the opposite condition.
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