GRE - Antonyms - Test 15

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

1. PULCHRITUDE

A. ugliness
B. robustness
C. senescence
D. lustiness
E. finesse

2. EXECRATE

A. hoist
B. engender
C. salute
D. deter
E. reek

3. AMENABLE

A. contumacious
B. scrupulous
C. reminiscent
D. ineffective
E. relative

4. DISPATCH

A. fortitude
B. efficacy
C. plenitude
D. sluggishness
E. urgency

5. BALLOON

A. shrivel
B. reel
C. relent
D. pinion
E. extend

6. PROLIX

A. voracious
B. raucous
C. terse
D. vibrant
E. demure

7. VERACITY

A. mendacity
B. clemency
C. credibility
D. denigration
E. naiveté

8. GOUGING

A. diving
B. shouldering
C. obliterating
D. plugging
E. obliging

9. MERCURIAL

A. incremental
B. stolid
C. pusillanimous
D. plantigrade
E. droll

10. PRECARIOUS:

A. Vulnerable
B. Perilous
C. Dependable
D. Ecclesiastic
E. Preplanned

11. PRECLUD:

A. Facilitate
B. Miscreant
C. Inimical
D. Fledged
E. Evince

12. ABEYANCE:

A. Continuance
B. Hiatus
C. Churl
D. Epitome
E. Fringe

13. SOPORIFIC:

A. Profuse
B. Animated .
C. Intransigent
D. Elaborated
E. Somniferous

14. INCORRIGIBLE:

A. Amenable
B. Garrulity
C. Extralegal
D. Delinquent
E. Contumacious

15. FOIBLE:

A. Forte
B. Fulmination
C. Edacious
D. Covetous
E. Vigorous