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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) SHALLOW:
(A) arbitrary
(B) painstaking
(C) profound
(D) restive
(E) contrite
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29) IMMUNE:
(A) toxic
(B) virulent
(C) convalescent
(D) having little energy
(E) having no resistance
30) PROPAGATE:
(A) hesitate to join
(B) hope to prosper
(C) decide to accept
(D) begin to falter
(E) fail to multiply
31) LULL:
(A) pronounced interest
(B) intense discussion
(C) speedy resolution
(D) increased activity
(E) enhanced performance
32) PERPETUAL:
(A) antecedent
(B) coincident
(C) intermittent
(D) precipitous
(E) languorous
33) ACCOLADE:
(A) guarded emotion
(B) scarce resource
(C) temporization
(D) repercussion
(E) criticism
34) GAMBOL:
(A) admit
(B) plod
(C) ruin
(D) follow
(E) fret
35) REFUTATION:
(A) approval
(B) verification
(C) amplification
(D) concurrence
(E) computation
36) REQUITE:
(A) incite
(B) applaud
(C) consume quickly
(D) make inhospitable
(E) leave unrepaid
37) REVERE:
(A) imitate
(B) dismiss
(C) confuse
(D) profane
(E) disgrace
38) MOLLIFY:
(A) ire
(B) commence
(C) abate
(D) oppose
(E) infuse
Answer Keys
28 | 29 | 30 |
C | E | E |
31 | 32 | 33 |
D | C | E |
34 | 35 | 36 |
B | B | E |
37 | 38 | |
D | A |