Gre verbal section 8 pps

19. PAPER : ORIGAMI

a. china : fragile

b. syllabus : opus

c. licorice : fennel

d. lotion : emollient

e. osier : baskets

20. MACHIAVELLIAN : DUPLICITOUS

a. Faustian : pleasant

b. Orwellian : intrusive

c. Dickensian : palling

d. Emersonian : dispiriting

e. Proustian : succinct

–THE GRE VERBAL SECTION–

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Antonyms

Instructions: In each of the following questions, you will be presented with a capitalized word followed by

five answer choices lettered a—e. Select the answer word or phrase that has a meaning most nearly opposite to

the initial word.

Some of these questions will require you to discriminate among closely related word choices. Be sure

you choose the answer that is most nearly opposed to the capitalized word.

1. AMBIVALENT :

a. insecure

b. inconstant

c. positive

d. cheerful

e. insatiable

2. CATASTROPHIC :

a. bold

b. pleasurable

c. salubrious

d. nihilistic

e. beneficial

3. PALATIAL :

a. chintzy

b. feudal

c. democratic

d. decorous

e. subterranean

4. OMNISCIENT :

a. resonant

b. mutable

c. ignorant

d. superstitious

e. phlegmatic

5. CAPITULATE :

a. embolden

b. simplify

c. assuage

d. persevere

e. postulate

6. INDEMNIFY :

a. call for assistance

b. put at risk

c. cause to collapse

d. resist attack

e. protect from harm