Follow-up: More Antonyms!

This lessons follows last week's 'Opposite Meanings - Try These Antonyms'.

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters:

• 1. ABSENCE
  
  Near
  Presence
  Close
  
  
• 2. CAPTIVITY
  
  Freedom
  Independence
  Modernity
  
  
• 3. DISEASE
  
  Health
  Ilness
  Condition
  
  
• 4. ECONOMISE
  
  Waste
  Save
  Collect
  
  
• 5. GLOOMY
  
  Sad
  Cheerful
  Concerned
  
  
• 6. HUMBLE
  
  Proud
  Honest
  Simple
  
  
• 7. KNOWLEDGE
  
  Study
  Understand
  Ignorance
  
  
• 8. SCATTER
  
  Distribute
  Collect
  Touch
  
  
• 9. VOLUNTARY
  
  Charitable
  Compulsory
  Kindness
  
  
• 10. VACANT
  
  Empty
  Free
  Occupied