GRE - Antonyms - Test 13

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

1. INQUIETUDE

A. temerity
B. punctiliousness
C. decency
D. serenity
E. excision

2. UPSHOT

A. palisade
B. gradient
C. inception
D. declivity
E. exclusion

3. APOCRYPHAL

A. contemporary
B. genuine
C. meretricious
D. monaural
E. meritorious

4. IGNOMINY

A. deference
B. mettle
C. honor
D. servility
E. joy

5. PAEAN

A. hoax
B. tirade
C. emollient
D. misdemeanor
E. quandary

6. INTERDICT

A. permit
B. materialize
C. promulgate
D. forbid
E. relocate

7. TROUGH

A. helm
B. quarry
C. crest
D. template
E. quotient

8. RAREFY

A. pillage
B. compress
C. mitigate
D. ignite
E. spread

9. AMBIGUOUS

A. picaresque
B. privileged
C. platonic
D. inefficacious
E. unequivocal

10. MINCE

A. ramble
B. befit
C. deprive
D. loiter
E. stride

11. INDISPOSED

A. indigent
B. hale
C. jubilant
D. simpering
E. disinclined

12. CARPING

A. cathartic
B. choleric
C. uncomplaining
D. analogous
E. spawning

13. APPROPRIATE

A. exaggerate
B. donate
C. confiscate
D. derogate
E. commandeer

14. OCCLUDED:

A. Congested
B. Nugatory
C. Unclogged
D. Perfidious
E. Servile

15. IMPUGN:

A. Renovate
B. Vitiate
C. Trite
D. Streak
E. Uphold