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Antonyms GRE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| VOLUBLE - talkative | TACITURN - nontalkative |
| FISSION - splitting | JOINING - |
| PAINSTAKING - attentive, meticulous | PERFUNCTORY - carefree |
| SUSPECT - | INDUBITABLE - could not be doubted |
| PROTRACTED - drawn out | EXPEDITIOUS - immediate, speedy |
| IMPLEMENT - carry out | RESCIND - take back |
| SMOTHER - | STOKE - |
| PAUCITY - lack, insufficient | GLUT - overabundance, plentitude |
| AVOUCH - declare the truth of something | RECANT - take back something said |
| PREDILECTION - strong fondness | DISINCLINATION - dislike |
| PUGNACIOUS - aggressive, combative | DOCILE - compliant, submissive |
| CLEMENT - mild, calm | HARSH - nasty, abusive |
| PROVIDENCE - frugal | PRODIGALITY - wasteful |
| HIDEBOUND - fixed and rigid | INNOVATIVE - |
| SLIGHT - insult, disrespect | PRAISE - expression of approval, respected |
| FEASIBLE - possible, doable | IMPRACTICABLE - unrealistic, impossible |
| XENOPHOBIC - having abnormal fear | UNAFRAID - fearless |
| PERVASIVE - extensive | SCARCE - limited |
| ABRASIVE - rude, sharp, harsh | COMPLAISANT - likeable, pleasant, pleasing |
| INORDINATE - excessive, extravagant | MODERATE - fair, average, so-so |
| CONTENTIOUS - quarrelsome | PLACATORY - appeasing |
| BUOYANT - enthusiastic | MOROSE - gloomy |
| COALESCE - blend mix | DISPERSE - cause to seperate |
| MODERN - | ANTEDILUVIAN - out-of-date; prehistoric |
| TRANSPARENT - | ESOTERIC - difficult to understand |
| INQUIETUDE - restlessness, uneasiness | SERENITY - free from stress or emotion |
| STOLID - calm, collected | VOLATILE - easily aroused, explosive |
| NONCOMBATANT - neutral | WARRIOR - engages in warfare |
| PUERILE - juvenile, childlike, quixotic | PROFOUND - intellectual, thoughtful |
| SERPENTINE - bowed, bent | STRAIGHT - without deviation |
| CAUSTIC - sarcastic, harsh | TREACLY - overly sweet |
| PULCHRITUDE - beauty, physical attractiveness | UGLINESS - unattractiveness, hideousness |
| OBTUSE - slow to understand | PERSPICACIOUS - deeply perceptive |
| UPSHOT - end, aftermath | INCEPTION - start from the beginning |
| ESCHEW - having nothing to do with, abandon, abjure, abstain | EMBRACE - choose or take something as one's own accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate |
| GRATE - aggravate, annoy | PACIFY - ameliorate, assuage, appease |
| LATITUDE - freedom, room to move; scope, breadth, compass, extent | LIMITATION - restraint, hindrance |
| FLEDGLING - beginner in activity, novice | VETERAN - experienced |
| EXCITE - to stir up the emotions | STUPEFY - is to stun into a state of unresponsiveness |
| FLIPPANT - insulting, rude | LAUDATORY - praiseful |
| DISBURSE - distribute | STOCKPILE - accumulate, amass, hoard |
| CELERITY - alacrity, briskness, dispatch, expedition | DILATORINESS - procrastinating |
| NORM - average | ANOMALY - aberration, abnormality, departure, deviation, eccentricity |
| INSALUBRIOUS - contaminated, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, noxious, pernicious, | WHOLESOME - body-building, bracing, cathartic, clean, compensatory, conducive |
| RETROGRADE - wither, dwindle, abate, bate, break down | PROGRESSIVE - |
| WITHER - shrivel, fade | BURGEON - growth and flourish |
| PROSCRIBE - command against or forbid | SANCTION - authorization |
| DEPRECATE - belittle, condemn | LIONIZE - praise acclaim, bless, boost, build up |
| SPIRITUAL - not related to the body or flesh | CARNAL - is concerned with the flesh |
| SURFEIT - excessive amount, plethora | PAUCITY - insufficient in quantity |
| PAROCHIAL - narrow-minded | COSMOPOLITAN - broad-minded |
| DEADEN - blunt | HONE - sharpen |
| UNSUNG - unappreciated and not praised | ACCLAIMED - recognized, praised |
| INEQUITY - unequal, unfair | PARITY - equality |
| CAPITULATE - surrender | RESIST - |
| PROGENITOR - ancestor | DESCENDANT - child |
| PANACHE - flashy | DRABNESS - dull |
| DOCTRINAIRE - orthodox | ICONOCLASTIC - breaks with or opposes the orthodox |
| MANNERED - exaggerated and affected | UNSTUDIED - behavior is simple and unaffected. |
| ABNEGATE - deny | ACCEPT - |
| OBSTREPEROUS - noisy, boisterous | QUIET - |
| HOSPITABLE - friendly | INIMICAL - hostile |
| SAGACIOUS - wise | FATUOUS - silly |
| ILLUMINATE - free from confusion | OBFUSCATE - obscure, unclear |
| LIST - tilt to one side | REMAIN UPRIGHT |
| VIVACITY - high spirits, lively | LISTLESSNESS - lethargic |
| RECALCITRANT - stubborn | TRACTABLE - easily lead |
| NASCENT - being born or beginning | MORIBUND - at the point of death |
| RECTITUDE - moral uprightness | TURPITUDE - moral corruption |
| APOCRYPHAL - doubtful origin | GENUINE - |
| IGNOMINY - shame | HONOR - |
| INEQUITY - | |
| ELLIPSIS - | SOLECISM - |
| DRAIN - remove water | INUNDATE - flood |
| DEFUNCT - not in existence | EXISTING - |
| CONSCIOUS - capable of feeling | INSENTIENT - not capable of feeling |
| DISTANCE - keep apart | PROPINQUITY - closeness |
| PROMULGATE - rumor | SQUELCH - suppress the rumor |
| REPLETE - full as in meals | UNSATISFIED - |
| PUSILLANIMOUS - cowardly | BRAVE - |
| RELEGATE - push to a lower level | PROMOTE - |
| RIFE | RARE - |
| UNOBTRUSIVE - | BLATANT - |
| PITHY - | LENGTHY - |
| WAN - | RUDDY - |
| COVERT - | OPEN - |
| PAEAN - | TIRADE - |
| ATTRITION - | ACCRETION - |
| SPECIOUS - | CORRECT- |
| REND - | JOIN - |
| IMPASSIONED - | LUKEWARM - |
| HUSBANDRY - | PROGICALITY - |
| HYPOTHETICAL - | AXIOMATIC - |