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Graduate Record Exam (GRE)

Antonyms Letter P

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

1. palatable

a) edible
b) potable
c) tasteless
d) pleasant
e) appealing

2. Palatial

a) extravagant
b) splendid
c) impressive
d) miserable
e) regal

3. Palliate

a) aggravate
b) aggregate
c) alleviate
d) synthesize
e) synchronize

4. Palpable

a) perceptible by feeling or touch
b) conspicuous
c) overt
d) physical
e) intangible

5. Panacea

a) supposed cure-all
b) ineffective solution
c) solution
d) cure
e) magic potion

6. Panegyric

a) eulogy
b) praise
c) allegory
d) censure
e) allusion

7. Pariah

a) a social outcast
b) orthodox
c) aristocrat
d) outsider
e) none of these

8. Paroxysm

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

9. Parsimonious

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

10. Partisan

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

11. Pathos

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

12. Paucity

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

13. Peccadillo

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

14. Pedestrian

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

15. Pellucid

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

16. Penchant

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

17. Penurious

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

18. Penury

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

19. Peremptory

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

20. Perfidy

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

21. Perfunctory

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

22. Perjury

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

23. Permeate

a) fail to enter
b) pervade
c) infuse
d) saturate
e) flood

24. Pernicious

a) benign
b) harmful
c) spiteful
d) insidious
e) pervasive

25. Perspicacity

a) acuity
b) discernment
c) wisdom
d) stupidity
e) ill will

Answers

1. tasteless
2. miserable
3. aggravate
4. intangible
5. ineffective solution
6. censure
7. aristocrat
8. suppressed emotions
9. spendthrift
10. opponent
11. joy
12. plethora
13. virtue
14. exciting
15. opaque
16. horror
17. well-off
18. affluence
19. polite
20. honesty
21. thoughtful
22. truthfulness
23. fail to enter
24. benign
25. stupidity