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GRE Verbal Ability Antonyms 3

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

a) sudden outburst
b) suppressed emotions
c) spasm
d) paradoxical
e) none of these

2. Parsimonious

a) spendthrift
b) modest
c) miserly
d) nonchalant
e) sparing

3. Partisan

a) opponent
b) member
c) sponsor
d) adherent
e) fan

4. Pathos

a) bathos
b) tragedy
c) grief
d) joy
e) satire

5. Paucity

a) dearth
b) scantiness
c) rareness
d) plethora
e) possibility

6. Peccadillo

a) offense
b) virtue
c) transgression
d) indulgence
e) stain

7. Pedestrian

a) prosaic
b) walker
c) exciting
d) dull
e) strider

8. Pellucid

a) opaque
b) transparent
c) clear
d) clean
e) visible

9. Penchant

a) proclivity
b) desire
c) horror
d) predilection
e) proclivity

10. Penurious

a) Impecunious
b) indigent
c) needy
d) well-off
e) niggardly

11. Penury

a) Indigence
b) affluence
c) poverty
d) destitution
e) neediness

12. Peremptory

a) authoritative
b) dictatorial
c) polite
d) dogmatic
e) decisive

13. Perfidy

a) treachery
b) lying
c) honesty
d) duplicity
e) deceit

14. Perfunctory

a) hasty
b) unthinking
c) obligatory
d) token
e) thoughtful

15. Perjury

a) truthfulness
b) swear
c) persuasion
d) falsity
e) none of these

16. Permeate

a) impregnable
b) pervade
c) infuse
d) saturate
e) flood

Answer

1. suppressed emotions
2. spendthrift
3. opponent
4. joy
5. plethora
6. virtue
7. exciting
8. opaque
9. horror
10. well-off
11. affluence
12. polite
13. honesty
14. thoughtful
15. truthfulness
16. impregnable