GRE - Antonyms - Test 2

Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters given.

1. OVERBEARING

A. sly
B. industrious
C. hortatory
D. servile
E. subterranean

2. FLEDGLING

A. veteran
B. sapling
C. lobbyist
D. sophomore
E. bard

3. INSALUBRIOUS

A. meritorious
B. wholesome
C. mellifluous
D. anecdotal
E. morganatic

4. ACUTE

A. rotund
B. pervasive
C. chronic
D. jaundiced
E. resilient

5. DOCTRINAIRE

A. ornate
B. salacious
C. elliptical
D. hypothetical
E. iconoclastic

6. RECALCITRANT

A. consanguine
B. insoluble
C. appealing
D. showy
E. tractable

7. CONSCIOUS

A. witting
B. insentient
C. quick
D. germane
E. mollified

8. GERMANE

A. rapacious
B. immortal
C. tangential
D. oblivious
E. occult

9. SAP

A. vitiate
B. demur
C. invigorate
D. deride
E. convolute

10. SPURN

A. convene
B. jeopardize
C. woo
D. shun
E. evade

11. HETERODOX

A. cruciform
B. canonical
C. rakish
D. dexterous
E. encompassing

12. LICENTIOUS:

A. Scrupulous
B. Lionized
C. Iconoclast
D. Fanciful
E. Dubious

13. EDDY:

A. Flamboyant
B. Epigram
C. Divestiture
D. Flow
E. Maelstrom

14. SECULAR:

A. Reactionary
B. Polemic
C. Mellifluous
D. Invidious
E. Ecclesiastical

15. INDIGENIOUS:

A. Fusty
B. Egregious
C. Extraneous
D. Prevalent
E. Illicit