Sample GRE Antonyms Questions

Directions : In the following exercises each question consists of a bold word in capital letters followed by four or five options. Select the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the bold word in capital letters.

1. COMPASSIONATE
(a) Indecisive
(b) Unsympathetic
(c) Unlawful
(d) Untrustworthy

2. PERTINENT
(a) Appropriate
(b) Pleasant
(d) Extraneous
(d) Paltry

3. SERENE
(a) Placid
(b) Indignant
(c) Profound
(d) Disturbed
(e) Cognizant


4. VIVIDLY
(a) Unintentionally
(b) Unimpressively
(c) Unscrupulously
(d) Unwillingly
(e) Unpopularly

5. FALLIBLE
(a) Unerring
(b) Reliable
(c) Falsehood
(d) Trustful

6. EXHIBIT
(a) Display
(b) Produce
(c) Show
(d) Conceal

7. EMACIATED
(a) Debilitated
(b) Decrepit
(c) Gaunt
(d) Robust

8. TIRED
(a) Fagged
(b) Relaxed
(c) Wearied
(d) Pooped

9. STAGGER
(a) Stumble
(b) Steady
(c) Totter
(d) Startle

10. GENUINE
(a) Beautiful
(b) Ugly
(c) Brave
(d) Spurious

11. VOLUNTEER
(a) Support
(b) Defeat
(c) Conscript
(d) Provok

12. PREPOSSESSING
(a) Incredible
(b) Arousing envy
(c) Unattractive
(d) Recent

13. ADULATION
(a) Confusion
(b) Inertia
(c) Consolidation
(d) Condemnation

14. HOLDER
(a) Owner
(b) Buyer
(c) Custodian
(d) Tenant
(e) Seller

15. GLOBALISED
(a) Universalised
(b) Liberalised
(c) Earthly
(d) Prospering
(e) Decentralised

16. EXCESSIVE
(a) Minimal
(b) Reasonable
(c) Unbearable
(d) Tolerable
(e) Recessive

17. PROGRESSIVELY
(a) Gradually
(b) Abruptly
(c) Occasionaly
(d) Narrowly
(e) Ineffectively

18. IMMINENT
(a) Uncertain
(b) Probable
(c) Wishful
(d) Hopeless

19. ANONYMOUS
(a) Desperate
(b) Expert
(c) Known
(d) Written

20. RATIFICATION
(a) Disapproval
(b) Disagreeable
(c) Denial
(d) Disturbing

Answers :
1. (b) ‘Compassionate’ means ‘having a feeling of pity’
2. (c) ‘Pertinent’ means ‘relevant’
3. (d) ‘Serene’ means ‘peaceful’
4. (b) ‘Vividly’ means ‘intensely’
5. (a) ‘Fallible’ means ‘liable to err’
6. (d) ‘Exhibit’ means ‘to display (something) to the public’
7. (d) ‘Emaciated’ means ‘made weak’
8. (b) ‘Tired’ means ‘exhausted’
9. (b) ‘Stagger’ means ‘walk unsteadily’
10. (d) ‘Genuine’ means ‘original, real’
11. (c)
12. (c) ‘Prepossessing’ means ‘to influence’
13. (d) ‘Adulation’ means ‘praise’
14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (a)
17. (b) ‘Progressively’ means ‘progressing by steps’
18. (a) ‘Imminent’ means ‘liable to happen soon’
19. (c) ‘Anonymous’ means ‘a person whose name is un known or withheld’
20. (a) ‘Ratification’ means ‘approval or consent’