GRE - Antonyms - Test 11

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

1. AVOUCH

A. dilate
B. conserve
C. defer
D. ingest
E. recant

2. PROVIDENCE

A. prodigality
B. inundation
C. fatality
D. profundity
E. antipathy

3. ABRASIVE

A. morose
B. captious
C. glaucous
D. complaisant
E. fatuous

4. INORDINATE

A. moderate
B. excessive
C. venal
D. mundane
E. preternatural

5. LATITUDE

A. heading
B. evolution
C. limitation
D. distance
E. longevity

6. FLIPPANT

A. jocose
B. laudatory
C. deferential
D. maudlin
E. acerbic

7. DELECTABLE

A. redolent
B. ethical
C. feisty
D. unpalatable
E. fortuitous

8. REND

A. disseminate
B. hearten
C. heighten
D. transcend
E. join

9. MODEST

A. innocuous
B. delusive
C. demeaning
D. eclectic
E. ostentatious

10. INTENSIFY

A. devastate
B. cumulate
C. delineate
D. slake
E. exacerbate

11. CHAMPION

A. usurp
B. eulogize
C. assert
D. fail
E. oppose

12. METICULUOS:

A. Painstaking -
B. Negligent
C. Acarpous
D. Castigation
E. Fracas

13. GARNISH:

A. Involute
B. Florid
C. Hone
D. Divest
E. Verve

14. STYGIAN:

A. Cheerful
B. Turpitude
C. Prudish
D. Nonplused
E. Ineffable

15. IMPERATIVE:

A. Nonobligatory
B. Compulsory
C. Frugal
D. Evasive
E. Dubious