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Graduate Record Exam (GRE)

Antonyms Letters E, F

Against each key word are given five suggested meanings. Choose the word or phrase which is opposite in meaning to the key word.

1. Esteem

a) respect b) status c) disdain d) mighty e) revere

2. Eternal

a) permanent b) perpetual c) transitory d) immortal e) celestial

3. Eulogistic

a) lovable b) admirable c) adore d) critical e) free

4. Euphonious

a) stingy b) stringent c) strident d) lethargic e) novice

5. Evitable

a) unavoidable b) potable c) imminent d) immortal e) angelic

6. Exalt

a) demote b) ennoble c) glorify d) extol e) pacify

7. Exasperate

a) disturb b) annoy c) please d) confuse e) threaten

8. Exculpate

a) acquit b) guilty c) accuse d) accumulate e) prevent

9. Execrable

a) mundane b) excellent c) foolhardy d) physical e) philosophical

10. Exhilarate

a) enlighten b) please c) gladden d) depress e) rejuvenate

11. Exhume

a) decipher b) dig c) integrate d) inter e) admit

12. Exonerate

a) distress b) distinguish c) blame d) disburden e) dislocate

13. Expedient

a) advantageous b) disadvantageous c) courteous d) palpable e) culpable

14. Extemporaneous

a) without any preparation b) spontaneous c) rehearsed d) unmanly e) humiliating

15. Extol

a) praise b) eulogize c) disgrace d) celebrate e) erect

16. Extrinsic

a) acquired b) practical c) inherent d) ambitious e) ingenious

17. Fable

a) story b) legend c) myth d) truth e) fabricate

18. Fabulous

a) ordinary b) unusual c) remarkable d) wonderful e) marvelous

19. Facsimile

a) duplicate b) fake c) original d) doctored e) engineered

20. Factitious

a) fictional b) fabricated c) genuine d) noteworthy e) ill-will

21. Famine

a) satiety b) poverty c) hunger d) discontent e) family

22. Fascinate

a) repel b) attract c) fascinate d) propel e) impress

23. Fatuous

a) foolish b) illusory c) real d) dim-witted e) terrible

24. Feasible

a) practical b) theoretical c) impracticable d) constant e) present

25. Fecund

a) fertile b) rich c) infertile d) transparent e) simplistic

Answers

1. disdain
2. transitory
3. critical
4. strident
5. unavoidable
6. demote
7. please
8. accuse
9. excellent
10. depress
11. inter
12. blame
13. disadvantageous
14. rehearsed
15. disgrace
16. inherent
17. truth
18. ordinary
19. original
20. genuine
21. satiety
22. repel
23. real
24. impracticable
25. infertile