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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) ADHERE:
(A) detach
(B) cleanse
(C) engulf
(D) incise
(E) contain
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29) UNCONVENTIONALITY:
(A) perceptibility
(B) inscrutability
(C) imperturbability
(D) fidelity to custom
(E) formality of discourse
30) PINCH:
(A) important accomplishment
(B) apt translation
(C) abundant amount
(D) opportune acquisition
(E) unfamiliar period
31) OUTSET:
(A) regression
(B) series
(C) exit
(D) interruption
(E) termination
32) RAREFY:
(A) make less humid
(B) make less opaque
(C) make more voluminous
(D) make more dense
(E) make more oily
33) EFFRONTERY:
(A) charity
(B) deference
(C) simplicity
(D) deceitfulness
(E) stupidity
34) SCURVY:
(A) completely centered
(B) above reproach
(C) imaginative
(D) valiant
(E) carefree
35) OBDURATE:
(A) complaisant
(B) similar
(C) commensurate
(D) uncommunicative
(E) transitory
36) AVER:
(A) resign indignantly
(B) condemn unjustly
(C) refuse
(D) deny
(E) resent
37) PITH:
(A) untimely action
(B) insufficient attention
(C) routine treatment
(D) rigid formulation
(E) superficial element
38) SUPINE:
(A) vigilant
(B) flustered
(C) distorted
(D) brittle
(E) awkward
Answer Keys
28 | 29 | 30 |
A | D | C |
31 | 32 | 33 |
E | D | B |
34 | 35 | 36 |
B | A | D |
37 | 38 | |
E | A |