GRE - Antonyms - Test 12

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

1. STOLID

A. tractable
B. refractory
C. ineligible
D. diaphanous
E. volatile

2. INVIGORATE

A. shoulder
B. renege
C. enliven
D. debilitate
E. jettison

3. PANACHE

A. jauntiness
B. drabness
C. urbanity
D. wit
E. originality

4. NASCENT

A. descending
B. sanguine
C. mortal
D. moribund
E. minute

5. RIFE

A. atrocious
B. hedonic
C. rare
D. hermetic
E. honorary

6. VEX

A. hem
B. mollify
C. quake
D. irritate
E. rail

7. CONFOUND

A. quail
B. recant
C. rebut
D. enlighten
E. stagger

8. ARCHAISM

A. standpoint
B. expiation
C. neologism
D. plagiarism
E. platitude

9. ARCHETYPAL

A. generalized
B. idiosyncratic
C. salacious
D. apocryphal
E. consanguine

10. LAMENTABLE:

A. Inculcated
B. Libertine
C. Felicitous
D. Deplorable
E. Heinous

11. DIFFIDENCE:

A. Audaciousness
B. Cornucopia
C. Extempore
D. Hubris
E. Lustrous

12. INELUCTABLE:

A. Ineludible
B. Dubious
C. Unfeigned
D. Disinter
E. Ameliorate

13. MORDANT:

A. Imbroglio
B. Lucubrate
C. Hallow
D. Epicurean
E. Charitable

14. PENURY:

A. Quirk
B. Machination
C. Percipient
D. Cabal
E. Opulence

15. PALPABLE:

A. Tactile
B. Maudlin
C. Lachrymose
D. Indiscernible
E. Saturnine