GRE Verbal Sample Questions Set S
Categories: GRE (The Graduate Records Examination)
Questions 28-37: Each question below begins with one word written in capital letters. Read the five answer choices that follow and choose the one that most nearly means the opposite of the original word.
Question.28. BURGEON:
A. abate
B. blossom
C. compound
D. augment
E. manifold
Answer: (a)
Question.29. VOLATILE:
A. variable
B. elastic
C. flighty
D. flippant
E. uniform
Answer: (e)
Question.30. OBLOQUY:
A. disgrace
B. laud
C. mishandle
D. exploit
E. decry
Answer: (b)
Question.31. CACOPHONY:
A. dissonant
B. raucous
C. consonant
D. inharmonious
E. rude
Answer: (c)
Question.32. INSIDIOUS:
A. treacherous
B. wily
C. toxic
D. candid
E. perfidious
Answer: (d)
Question.33. INEXORABLE:
A. resolute
B. steadfast
C. stubborn
D. compliant
E. immobile
Answer: (d)
Question.34. IMPEDE:
A. hinder
B. forestall
C. overslaugh
D. bar
E. cooperate
Answer: (e)
Question.35. PLAINTIVE:
A. lamenting
B. exalting
C. melancholy
D. deploring
E. piteous
Answer: (b)
Question.36. REPROOF:
A. eulogize
B. reproach
C. chide
D. admonish
E. rebuke
Answer: (a)
Question.37. ANOMALOUS:
A. singular
B. exceptional
C. foreign
D. prodigious
E. customary
Answer: (e)
Question.38. VERITY:
A. accuracy
B. veracity
C. authenticity
D. misrepresentation
E. frankness
Answer: (d)