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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.
27) CONSOLIDATION:
(A) instigation
(B) fragmentation
(C) restriction
(D) opposition
(E) provocation
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28) SECURE:
(A) infest
(B) unearth
(C) impart
(D) implant
(E) unfasten
29) FRACAS:
(A) rapture
(B) relic
(C) novel predicament
(D) peaceful situation
(E) just reward
30) GRATE:
(A) soothe
(B) gather
(C) acknowledge
(D) forgive
(E) improve
31) HYPERBOLE:
(A) equivocation
(B) criticism
(C) understatement
(D) pessimism
(E) skepticism
32) INERRANCY:
(A) productivity
(B) generosity
(C) volubility
(D) fallibility
(E) plausibility
33) STEEP:
(A) relax
(B) repulse
(C) plummet
(D) clarify
(E) parch
34) RECUMBENT:
(A) well fortified
(B) standing up
(C) lacking flexibility
(D) constricted
(E) alarmed
35) NATTY:
(A) sloppy
(B) quiet
(C) loose
(D) common
(E) difficult
36) EXIGENT:
(A) unprepossessing
(B) inquisitive
(C) devoted
(D) absurd
(E) deferrable
37) PLATITUDE:
(A) concise formulation
(B) original observation
(C) unsubstantiated claim
(D) relevant concern
(E) insincere remark
Answer Keys
27 | 28 | 29 |
B | E | D |
30 | 31 | 32 |
A | C | D |
33 | 34 | 35 |
E | B | A |
36 | 37 | |
E | B |