GRE Test Preparation Practice Tests

GRE Verbal Ability Antonyms 5

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

1. Dwindle

a) wane
b) fall
c) drop
d) increase
e) profane

2. Earthly

a) mundane
b) sordid
c) spiritual
d) celestial
e) unrefined

3. Ebb

a) wane
b) drop
c) increase
d) decline
e) improvement

4. Eccentric

a) sane
b) insane
c) abnormal
d) intelligent
e) clever

5. Ecstasy

a) agony
b) exaltation
c) pleasure
d) bliss
e) beatitude

6. Eerie

a) weird
b) frightened
c) canny
d) cheerful
e) timidity

7. Egotism

a) arrogance
b) sycophancy
c) humility
d) sadism
e) narcissism

8. Elevation

a) exaltation
b) loftiness
c) depression
d) nadir
e) hell

9. Elongate

a) lengthen
b) shorten
c) squeeze
d) strike
e) depress

10. Elude

a) mock
b) disguised
c) quicken
d) give up
e) pursue

1. increase
2. spiritual
3. increase
4. normal
5. agony
6. canny
7. humility
8. depression
9. shorten
10. pursue