1. We ----------------------------- waiting here for two hours.

a) have been
b) has been
c) are
d) were

2. We ------------------------- them yesterday.

a) visited
b) have visited
c) had visited
d) was visiting

3. He ----------------------- from London last week.

a) has returned
b) have returned
c) had returned
d) returned

4. See that you ----------------------- for the meeting in time.

a) will come
b) come
c) would come
d) came

5. They will come if we ------------------------ them.

a) invite
b) will invite
c) invited
d) would invite

6. I --------------------- to Tokyo recently.

a) had been
b) went
c) have been
d) was

7. The doctor concluded that the man ------------------------ killed ten hours ago.

a) had been
b) was
c) has been
d) is

8. I ----------------------- waiting for his reply for two weeks now.

a) have been
b) has been
c) had been
d) was

9. The train ------------------------- by the time we reach the station.

a) will leave
b) will have
c) left
d) would

10. Every morning, I -------------------------- the paper.

a) will read
b) am reading
c) read
d) was reading

11. When I visited him he --------------------- bed-ridden for two months.

a) was
b) has been
c) had been
d) were

12. I -------------------- school last year.

a) left
b) had left
c) leaved
d) was leaving

13. There --------------------- a famine in Bengal in 1982.

a) was
b) has been
c) were
d) had been

14. Akbar -------------------------- the Moghul power paramount in India.

a) had made
b) has made
c) made
d) would make

15. John has ---------------------- home.

a) went
b) go
c) gone
d) going
Answers

1. have been
2. visited
3. returned
4. come
5. invite
6. went
7. had been
8. have been
9. will leave
10. read
11. had been
12. left
13. was
14. made
15. gone

GRE Test Preparation Practice Tests

GRE Verbal Antonyms Test 1

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

1. Maudlin

a) Unemotional
b) Sentimental
c) Affectionate
d) Foolish
e) Tearful

2. Mawkish

a) maudlin
b) showing no emotion
c) self-pitying
d) pessimistic
e) optimistic

3. Mellifluous

a) Smooth
b) Harsh
c) sweet
d) fluent
e) ordinary
4. Mendacious

a) betraying
b) honest
c) generous
d) kind
e) miserly

5. Mendicant

a) affluent
b) aristocratic
c) despotic
d) beggar
e) none of these

6. Meretricious

a) genuine
b) valuable
c) sophisticated
d) captivating
e) superficially attractive

7. Mesmerize

a) Captivate
b) tantalize
c) infatuate
d) bore
e) mystify

8. Meticulous

a) Thorough
b) careless
c) scrupulous
d) pedantic
e) fastidious

9. Mettle

a) courage
b) nerve
c) pluck
d) cowardly
e) vigor

10. Mettlesome

a) audacious
b) cowardly
c) gutsy
d) strong
e) meddlesome

11. Microcosm

a) universe
b) atomic
c) celestial
d) macrocosm
e) none of these

12. Mischievous

a) naughty
b) impish
c) rogue
d) wicked
e) well-behaved

13. Miscreant

a) hero
b) protagonist
c) villain
d) offender
e) none of these

14. Moderation

a) indulgence
b) excess
c) abstinence
d) temperance
e) none of these

15. Modicum

a) great amount
b) big
c) small amount
d) structure
e) none of these

16. Mollify

a) enrage
b) pacify
c) soothe
d) modify
e) manage
Answers

1. unemotional
2. showing no emotion
3. harsh
4. honest
5. affluent
6. genuine
7. bore
8. careless
9. cowardly
10. cowardly
11. macrocosm
12. well-behaved
13. hero
14. excess
15. great amount
16. enrage

GRE Test Preparation Practice Tests

GRE Verbal Ability Antonyms 2

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

1. Monomania

a) obsessive preoccupation
b) fear of height
c) compulsion
d) diabolic
e) having many different interests

2. Morbid

a) Morose
b) sinister
c) perverse
d) cheerful
e) dark

3. Mordant

a) acerbic
b) sarcastic
c) gentle
d) acrid
e) corrosive

4. Moribund

a) declining
b) flourishing
c) dilapidated
d) corrosive
e) frightening

5. Morose

a) miserable
b) cheery
c) anxious
d) eligible
e) blue

6. Multifarious

a) miscellaneous
b) assorted
c) homogeneous
d) versatile
e) vigilant

7. Mundane

a) celestial
b) worldly
c) ordinary
d) exotic
e) monotonous

8. Munificent

a) miserly
b) liberal
c) generous
d) unstinting
e) bountiful

9. Myriad

a) multitude
b) host
c) heap
d) few
e) load
10. palatable

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

11. Palatial

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

12. Palliate

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

13. Palpable

a) perceptible by feeling or touch

b) conspicuous
c) overt
d) physical
e) intangible

14. Panacea

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

15. Panegyric

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

16. Pariah

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

Answers

1. having many different interests

2. cheerful
3. gentle
4. flourishing
5. cheery
6. homogeneous
7. exotic
8. miserly
9. few
10. tasteless
11. miserable
12. aggravate
13. intangible
14. ineffective solution
15. censure
16. aristocrat

1. Paroxysm

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

1. Distend

a) expand
b) shrink
c) develop
d) adjust
e) create

2. Distinguish

a) suppress
b) surrogate
c) segregate
d) confuse
e) recognize differences

3. Distrait

a) careless
b) indifferent
c) apathetic
d) attentive
e) absent-minded

4. Divergence

a) convergence
b) unification
c) appropriation
d) refraction
e) none of these

5. Divine

a) heavenly
b) godly
c) mundane
d) mortal
e) celestial
6. Docile

a) Dormant
b) negative
c) unmanageable
d) submissive
e) pious

7. Dormant

a) latent
b) innate
c) inherent
d) awake
e) confuse

8. Dowdy

a) unsophisticated
b) ugly
c) not stylish
d) fashionable
e) arrogant

9. Dread

a) pleasing
b) frightening
c) worrying
d) welcome
e) horrible

10. Dreary

a) dull
b) moody
c) cloudy
d) cheerful
e) monotonous

11. Droll

a) insignificant
b) trivial
c) serious
d) deadly
e) witty

12. Drowsy

a) sleepy
b) lethargic
c) active
d) famous
e) supreme

13. Duplicity

a) disgusting
b) awkward
c) dreadful
d) straightforwardness
e) deceit

14. Dusky

a) dark
b) fair
c) cloudy
d) shadowy
e) beautiful

15. Dwarf

a) rustic
b) giant
c) ugly
d) rogue
e) pygmy

Answers

1. shrink
2. confuse
3. attentive
4. convergence
5. mundane
6. unmanageable
7. awake
8. fashionable
9. welcome
10. cheerful
11. serious
12. active
13. straightforward
14. fair
15. giant

. 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

Answers

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

1. Gainsay

a) refute
b) agree
c) earn
d) profit
e) naysay

2. Gamut

a) extent
b) the whole range
c) partial
d) array
e) breadth

3. Garrulous

a) taciturn
b) voluble
c) talkative
d) incredible
e) despicable

4. Germane

a) of interest
b) to the point
c) irrelevant
d) relevant
e) German

5. glimmer

a) glisten
b) flicker
c) pale
d) shimmer
e) none of these

6. Gossamer

a) sheer
b) diaphanous
c) ethereal
d) robust
e) delicate

7. Grandiloquent

a) pompous
b) verbose
c) straightforward
d) grand
e) splendid

8. Gregarious

a) sociable
b) convivial
c) shy
d) outgoing
e) expressive

9. Guile

a) astuteness
b) frankness
c) wiliness
d) deviousness
e) deceit

10. Gullible
a) credulous
b) naïve
c) susceptible
d) smart
e) intelligent

11. Halcyon

a) heavenly
b) turbulent
c) still
d) gay
e) hearty

12. Harangue

a) berate
b) tirade
c) praise
d) remove
e) regret

13. Heinous

a) appalling
b) outrageous
c) admirable
d) odious
e) vulnerable

14. Heresy

a) consent
b) profanation
c) sacrilege
d) ceremonial
e) none of these

15. Heterogeneous

a) assorted
b) diverse
c) similar
d) different
e) distinctive

16. Hirsute

a) bushy
b) hairy
c) bald
d) skinny
e) shaggy
17. Hospitable

a) genial
b) frosty
c) jovial
d) pleasant
e) orderly

18. Hypocrisy

a) duplicity
b) pretense
c) sincerity
d) malignance
e) significance

19. Idiosyncrasy

a) eccentricity
b) quirk
c) habit
d) foible
e) unconventional behaviour

20. Ignoble

a) dastardly
b) reprehensible
c) honorable
d) stimulating
e) mannerly

21. Ignominious

a) disgraceful
b) despicable
c) ridiculous
d) honorable
e) reprehensible

22. Illicit

a) illegitimate
b) legal
c) prohibited
d) illogical
e) none of these

23. Immaculate

a) spick and span

b) messy
c) pristine
d) spotless
e) none of these

24. Imminent

a) looming
b) just around the corner
c) on the cards
d) distant
e) in the offing

25. Immutable

a) changeable
b) incontrovertible
c) indisputable
d) absolute
e) invariable

Answers

1. agree
2. partial
3. talkative
4. irrelevant
5. pale
6. robust
7. straightforward
8. shy
9. frankness
10. smart
11. turbulent
12. praise
13. admirable
14. consent
15. similar
16. bald
17. frosty
18. sincerity
19. unconventional behaviour
20. honorable
21. honorable
22. legal
23. messy
24. distant
25. changeable

1. Inclination

a) aversion
b) reflection
c) disgust
d) decline
2. Inculpate

a) accuse
b) exonerate
c) barbaric
d) sensitive

3. Indifferent

a) kind
b) apathetic
c) responsible
d) compassionate

4. Inference

a) conclusion
b) foreknowledge
c) kindness
d) caution

5. Infinite

a) limited
b) boundless
c) endless
d) overdone

6. Ingenuity

a) stupidity
b) cleverness
c) skillful
d) certain

7. Insolent

a) magnificent
b) brazen
c) innocent
d) courteous

8. Install

a) add
b) enter
c) dethrone
d) claim

9. Intellect

a) reason
b) rational
c) inanity
d) sane

10. Intentional

a) premeditated
b) cautious
c) accidental
d) designed

11. Intrinsic

a) innate
b) extrinsic
c) congenital
d) none of these

12. Invincible

a) omnipotent
b) beatable
c) unbeatable
d) vulnerable

Isolation

a) separation
b) segregation
c) loneliness
d) association

14. Jade

a) dull
b) tired
c) lackluster
d) fresh

15. Jaunt

a) leave
b) stay
c) return
d) remain

16. Jealousy

a) ill will
b) unhappiness
c) happiness
d) kindness

17. Jeer
a) applaud
b) mock
c) laugh rudely
d) express displeasure

18. Jeopardize

a) protect
b) perilous
c) endanger
d) serve

19. Jocular

a) humorous
b) dull
c) playful
d) funny

20. Jittery

a) shaky
b) stable
c) strong
d) careless

21. Jocund

a) blithesome
b) indecisive
c) depressed
d) pleasant

22. Judicious

a) imprudent
b) sophisticated
c) alert
d) sober

23. Cessation

a) stoppage
b) composition
c) beginning
d) continuity

24. Chaotic

a) orderly
b) formless
c) intriguing
d) mysterious
25. Chaste

a) virtuous
b) pious
c) immoral
d) elegant

Answers

1. aversion
2. exonerate
3. responsible
4. foreknowledge
5. limited
6. stupidity
7. courteous
8. dethrone
9. inanity
10. accidental
11. extrinsic
12. beatable
13. association
14. fresh
15. stay
16. happiness
17. applaud
18. protect
19. dull
20. stable
21. depressed
22. imprudent
23. continuity
24. orderly
25. immoral

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

Derogatory

a) disgusting
b) distressing
c) praising
d) intruding
e) conferred

2. Descent

a) appropriate
b) ascent
c) demote
d) regulate
e) sink

3. Desecrate

a) consecrate
b) intense
c) desist
d) integrate
e) assimilate

4. Desolate

a) abandon
b) inhabited
c) impoverished
d) malnourished
e) ill will

5. Desperate

a) hopeful
b) forsake
c) forlorn
d) diabolic
e) disinterested

6. Despicable

a) adorable
b) disgusting
c) diametric
d) captivated
e) connive

7. Destitute

a) affluent
b) worthless
c) famished
d) impoverished
e) sufficient

8. Desultory
a) pertinent
b) impertinent
c) persevering
d) persistent
e) frequent

9. Devious

a) circuitous
b) indirect
c) direct
d) subtle
e) abnormal

10. Devout

a) agnostic
b) irreverent
c) blasphemous
d) saintly
e) holy

11. Diabolical

a) mischievous
b) lavish
c) seraphic
d) azure
e) red

12. Diffident

a) assured
b) confident
c) lacking self esteem
d) prudent
e) impertinent

13. Dilate

a) expand
b) constrict
c) discourse
d) swell
e) sparkle

14. Diligent

a) alert
b) drowsy
c) attentive
d) sedulous
e) narrow
15. Disconsolate

a) depressed
b) distressed
c) delighted
d) dabble
e) dashing

16. Discrepancy

a) inconsistency
b) consistency
c) inappropriate
d) variance
e) vagary

17. Disdain

a) attitude
b) honesty
c) admiration
d) zeal
e) disgust

18. Disheveled

a) tidy
b) clumsy
c) unkempt
d) long
e) exasperated

19. Disingenuous

a) sincere
b) sophisticated
c) trained
d) experienced
e) uncomfortable

20. Dismal

a) remarkable
b) trivial
c) reserved
d) puzzled
e) dislocated

21. Dismay

a) intimidate
b) mitigate
c) soothe
d) hearten
e) mystify

22. Dispel

a) scatter
b) gather
c) dissipate
d) refract
e) agonize

23. Disposition

a) sparking
b) watchfulness
c) inclination
d) unwillingness
e) temperament

24. Dissipate

a) vanish
b) unite
c) dispel
d) disappear
e) contemplate

25. Disburse

a) collect
b) gather
c) pay out
d) discard
e) distinguish

Answers

1. praising
2. ascent
3. consecrate
4. inhabited
5. hopeful
6. adorable
7. affluent
8. pertinent
9. direct
10. irreverent
11. seraphic
12. confident
13. constrict
14. drowsy
15. delighted
16. consistency
17. admiration
18. tidy
19. sincere
20. remarkable
21. hearten
22. gather
23. unwillingness
24. unite
25. pay out

. Keen

a) dull
b) sharp
c) brilliant
d) focused
e) unnecessary

2. Keep

a) protect
b) discard
c) convert
d) celebrate
e) avert

3. Kemp

a) professional
b) successor
c) brave
d) loser
e) atheist

4. Kill

a) murder
b) execute
c) animate
d) slay
e) throw

5. Kindle

a) invoke
b) infuriate
c) put off
d) awaken
e) lavish

6. Kindred
a) humdrum
b) hazard
c) family
d) objective
e) stranger

7. Kinky

a) lowly
b) magnificent
c) royal
d) absurd
e) strange

8. Kingly

a) twisted
b) straight
c) vigorous
d) weak
e) robust

9. Knack

a) skilful
b) dexterous
c) dullness
d) balanced
e) fortunate

10. Knave

a) villain
b) hero
c) dishonest
d) deadly
e) orthodox

11. Knotty

a) intricate
b) complex
c) vigorous
d) easy
e) included

12. Knowledge

a) erudition
b) scholarly
c) ignorance
d) petty
e) absurd
13. Kook

a) particular
b) illiterate
c) fascinating
d) sane
e) arrogance

14. Jaded

a) energetic
b) tired out
c) frustrated
d) happy
e) normal

15. Jeer

a) applaud
b) laugh rudely
c) mock
d) warm
e) vanish

16. Jeopardize

a) empower
b) put in danger
c) upset
d) thwart
e) diagnose

17. Jovial

a) moody
b) full of fun
c) happy
d) delighted
e) none of these

18. Judicious

a) prudent
b) imprudent
c) wise
d) scholarly
e) erudite

19. Lacerate

a) Hurt the feelings

b) heal
c) tear the flesh
d) wounded
e) symptomatic

20. Lackadaisical

a) tired
b) uninterested
c) enthusiastic
d) pressurize
e) disallow

21. Languish

a) suffer
b) have a good time
c) perish
d) ill
e) distressed

22. Languor

a) strength
b) weakness
c) stillness
d) illness
e) pleasant

23. Laud

a) condemn
b) praise
c) please
d) upset
e) wonderful

24. Lean

a) slothful
b) straighten
c) tide
d) incline
e) pacify

25. Liberate

a) clean
b) enclose
c) emancipate
d) imprison
e) conceal

Answers
1. dull
2. discard
3. loser
4. animate
5. put off
6. stranger
7. lowly
8. straight
9. dullness
10. hero
11. easy
12. ignorance
13. sane
14. energetic
15. applaud
16. empower
17. moody
18. imprudent
19. heal
20. enthusiastic
21. have a good time
22. strength
23. condemn
24. straighten
25. imprison