GRE - Antonyms - Test 9

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

1. MODERN

A. moribund
B. antediluvian
C. salutary
D. hidebound
E. burgeoning

2. TRANSPARENT

A. noisome
B. preponderant
C. ineluctable
D. esoteric
E. diurnal

3. DISBURSE

A. dissemble
B. decant
C. ferret
D. stockpile
E. shortchange

4. PROSCRIBE

A. enunciate
B. sanction
C. juxtapose
D. eschew
E. conscript

5. PAROCHIAL

A. dispensable
B. evanescent
C. venial
D. arcane
E. cosmopolitan

6. APPREHEND

A. purloin
B. gambol
C. speculate
D. release
E. confer

7. VIVACITY

A. obduracy
B. virtuosity
C. listlessness
D. irascibility
E. serendipity

8. REFRACTORY

A. delightful
B. yielding
C. planetary
D. nugatory
E. deficient

9. WARMONGER

A. pacifist
B. pilferer
C. meddler
D. impresario
E. rationalist

10. PROPRIETY

A. rapport
B. plenitude
C. temerity
D. indecorum
E. courtesy

11. SATURNINE

A. jovial
B. lofty
C. morose
D. mercurial
E. staid

12. CHAFF

A. raiment
B. nostrum
C. stalk
D. floret
E. kernel

13. FINICKY:

A. Niggling
B. Eschew
C. Ingress
D. Minatory
E. Slovenly

14. GARRULOUS:

A. Extricable
B. Drone
C. Indomitable
D. Loquacious
E. Reticent

15. TORMENT:

A. Assuage
B. Tommyrot
C. Volubility
D. Writ
E. Shrewd