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Graduate Record Exam (GRE)

Antonyms Letter C

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

1. Callous

a) mannerly b) hard c) soft d) sensitive e) impressive

2. Calm

a) tempestuous b) stupendous c) serene d) tranquil e) none of these

3. Candid

a) miserly b) sweet c) secretive d) openly e) private

4. Capacious

a) captivating b) charming c) confining d) redundant e) redeeming

5. Capital

a) superior b) super natural c) bright d) trivial e) insolvent

6. Capricious

a) Vague b) Vagary c) Steadfast d) Disenchanted e) Disappointed

7. Captious

a) stupid b) critical c) tolerant d) suffering e) stimulating

8. Captivate

a) repel b) seize c) capture d) enthrall e) antagonize

9. Carnal

a) heavenly b) spiritual c) lecherous d) libertine e) licentious

10. Carnivorous

a) vegetarian b) abstinent c) ascetic d) flesh eating e) cannibal

11. Carousal

a) awakening b) sobriety c) acceleration d) direction e) productive

12. Carping

a) acquiescent b) mean c) corporal d) limited e) cultivating

13. Carte blanche

a) permitting b) restricted c) limited d) poverty e) impoverished

14. Catholic

a) narrow-minded b) liberal c) tolerant d) empathetic e) empowered

15. Caustic

a) pleasing b) moral c) mortal d) remarkable e) pungent

16. Celestial

a) mundane b) heavenly c) divine d) superior e) defamatory

17. Celibate

a) mature b) promiscuous c) married d) culpable e) cautionary

18. Centrifugal

a) centripetal b) remarkable c) descendent d) ephemeral e) lasting

19. Ceremonial

a) formal b) informal c) conventional d) polished e) sophisticated

20. Cessation

a) beginning b) termination c) gravity d) composition e) stoppage

21. Chaffing

a) achieving b) serious c) capitalistic d) sneering e) expensive

22. Chaotic

a) disordered b) formless c) mannerly d) systematic e) programmed

23. Charitable

a) selfless b) kind c) merciful d) selfish e) sophisticated

24. Chaste

a) modest b) moral c) pious d) immoral e) elegant

25. Chide

a) praise b) scold c) speak angrily d) disapprove e) none of these

Answers

1. sensitive
2. tempestuous
3. secretive
4. confining
5. trivial
6. steadfast
7. tolerant
8. repel
9. spiritual
10. vegetarian
11. sobriety
12. acquiescent
13. restricted
14. narrow-minded
15. pleasing
16. mundane
17. married
18. centripetal
19. informal
20. beginning
21. serious
22. systematic
23. selfish
24. immoral
25. praise