GRE - Antonyms - Test 17

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

1. PAINSTAKING

A. perfunctory
B. soothing
C. meticulous
D. mellifluous
E. routine

2. HIDEBOUND

A. raucous
B. rational
C. covetous
D. penitent
E. innovative

3. PLATITUDE

A. common feeling
B. exciting event
C. original expression
D. modern approach
E. contemporary saying

4. BUOYANT

A. ebullient
B. morose
C. prescient
D. feral
E. bland

5. OBTUSE

A. prone
B. magnanimous
C. ineffable
D. perspicacious
E. dithering

6. NORM

A. linchpin
B. benchmark
C. watershed
D. anomaly
E. mode

7. DEFUNCT

A. exhumed
B. supine
C. existing
D. meteoric
E. minimal

8. HUSBANDRY

A. misfeasance
B. heredity
C. prodigality
D. mensuration
E. cookery

9. INDUBITABLE

A. doubtful
B. veracious
C. derivative
D. desperate
E. inerrant

10. SHROUD

A. peak
B. veil
C. expose
D. eschew
E. unwind

11. OVERTURE

A. libretto
B. crescendo
C. percussion
D. finale
E. solo

12. SLEW

A. shortage
B. glut
C. fruition
D. recovery
E. corsage

13. PREDILECTION:

A. Disinclination
B. Predisposition
C. Plight
D. Impetuousness
E. Augmentation

14. QUERULOUS:

A. Peevish
B. Complacent
C. Precarious
D. Irrevocable
E. Altercate

15. PHILISTINE:

A. Mercurial
B. Highbrow
C. Bourgeois
D. Luminary
E. Halcyon

16. SPLICE:

A. Torpid
B. Sever
C. Protract
D. Dovetail
E. Limn

17. ARRANT:

A. Cozen
B. Inconsistent
C. Plunge
D. Palatial
E. Misogynist