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Directions: Each question below consists of a word printed in capital letters, followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best.
28) ACCELERATE:
(A) swerve
(B) arouse
(C) dispel
(D) reject
(E) retard
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29) JABBER:
(A) tickle
(B) argue
(C) stroke
(D) speak slowly
(E) joke inaptly
30) WARMONGER:
(A) commentator
(B) liaison
(C) lobbyist
(D) emissary
(E) pacifist
31) FLUENT:
(A) insensitive
(B) inappropriate
(C) derogatory
(D) halting
(E) hypocritical
32) DISSONANCE:
(A) concord
(B) confederacy
(C) collusion
(D) consent
(E) contract
33) SAVANT:
(A) flatterer
(B) bore
(C) unlearned person
(D) unprincipled individual
(E) misunderstood advisor
34) BREACH:
(A) garner
(B) solder
(C) keep silent
(D) move forward
(E) give approval
35) TORTUOUS:
(A) enduring
(B) informal
(C) cautious
(D) simplistic
(E) straightforward
36) PLETHORA:
(A) vacuousness
(B) narrowness
(C) choice
(D) dearth
(E) confusion
37) POSTURE:
(A) walk clumsily
(B) behave naturally
(C) impose arbitrarily
(D) publicize widely
(E) explain carefully
38) GOSSAMER:
(A) sincere
(B) taciturn
(C) intense
(D) awkward
(E) ponderous
Answer Keys
28 | 29 | 30 |
E | D | E |
31 | 32 | 33 |
D | A | C |
34 | 35 | 36 |
B | E | D |
37 | 38 | |
B | E |