Select the correct pairs of antonyms from the given options:A. feisty…

The correct answer is Option (2) → B and D only

(A) feisty, frisky — Incorrect.

• Feisty means lively, spirited and ready to argue or fight, and frisky means playful and full of energy.
• Both describe lively behaviour, so they are close in meaning, not opposites.

(B) feasting, starving — Correct.

• Feasting means eating a large, rich meal, and starving means suffering badly from lack of food.
• The two are opposites.
  Example: While the rich were feasting, the poor were starving.

(C) feline, cunning — Incorrect.

• Feline means relating to cats or cat-like, and cunning means clever in a deceitful way.
• Cats are often called sly, but the two words are not opposites.

(D) fecund, barren — Correct.

• Fecund means fertile, able to produce a lot, and barren means unable to produce anything.
• The two are opposites.
  Example: The fecund soil of the delta gives two crops a year.