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GRE - Antonyms - Test 17
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Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters given.
1. PAINSTAKING
A. perfunctoryB. soothing
C. meticulous
D. mellifluous
E. routine
2. HIDEBOUND
A. raucousB. rational
C. covetous
D. penitent
E. innovative
3. PLATITUDE
A. common feelingB. exciting event
C. original expression
D. modern approach
E. contemporary saying
4. BUOYANT
A. ebullientB. morose
C. prescient
D. feral
E. bland
5. OBTUSE
A. proneB. magnanimous
C. ineffable
D. perspicacious
E. dithering
6. NORM
A. linchpinB. benchmark
C. watershed
D. anomaly
E. mode
7. DEFUNCT
A. exhumedB. supine
C. existing
D. meteoric
E. minimal
8. HUSBANDRY
A. misfeasanceB. heredity
C. prodigality
D. mensuration
E. cookery
9. INDUBITABLE
A. doubtfulB. veracious
C. derivative
D. desperate
E. inerrant
10. SHROUD
A. peakB. veil
C. expose
D. eschew
E. unwind
11. OVERTURE
A. librettoB. crescendo
C. percussion
D. finale
E. solo
12. SLEW
A. shortageB. glut
C. fruition
D. recovery
E. corsage
13. PREDILECTION:
A. DisinclinationB. Predisposition
C. Plight
D. Impetuousness
E. Augmentation
14. QUERULOUS:
A. PeevishB. Complacent
C. Precarious
D. Irrevocable
E. Altercate
15. PHILISTINE:
A. MercurialB. Highbrow
C. Bourgeois
D. Luminary
E. Halcyon
16. SPLICE:
A. TorpidB. Sever
C. Protract
D. Dovetail
E. Limn
17. ARRANT:
A. CozenB. Inconsistent
C. Plunge
D. Palatial
E. Misogynist