For GRE tests taken before 1 August 2011. Taking it later?
1. FROWN :: DISPLEASURE
A. hunch : certainty B. fidget : restlessness C. pucker : ambivalence D. squirm : collusion E. strut : humility
2. REAM :: PAPER
A. hutch : wood B. bale : hay C. coop : chickens D. guffaw : laughter E. quart : glass
3. PERFORATION :: SEAL
A. consternation : worry B. temerity : daring C. vanity : hopes D. laceration: skin E. incarceration : prison
4. RAREFY :: DENSE
A. exacerbate : severe B. negate : fruitful C. placate : serene D. clarify : obscure E. petrify : hard
5. PROBITY :: GUILE
A. alacrity : speed B. felicity : joy C. ingenuity : skill D. decorum : behaviour E. industry : laziness
6. NUISANCE :: IRKSOME
A. bane : troublesome B. delight : peaceful C. paradox : expected D. conglomeration : ugly E. ramification : overt
7. COMMAND :: PEREMPTORY
A. gesticulate : magnanimous B. retreat : cowardly C. insist : forceful D. proliferate : free E. underscore : nonchalant
8. AMALGAMATE :: SEPARATE
A. desecrate : despoil B. capitulate : surrender C. promulgate : propagate D. vilify : decry E. join : splinter
9. CAROUSE :: SEDATE
A. congregate : voluble B. castigate : angry C. enshroud : hidden D. abstain : abstemious E. enthuse : lukewarm
10. ZEALOT :: PASSION
A. patriarch : tyranny B. quack : deception C. sybarite : austerity D. libertarian : anarchy E. sophomore : derision
11. REPLICATE :: RESULT
A. enervate : weakness B. ameliorate : problem C. embroil : argument D. bequeath : legacy E. repeat : feat
12. PHILANTHROPIST :: FRUGALITY
A. stoic : vulnerability B. jingoist : clarity C. propagandist : indoctrination D. nomad : transcendence E. expatriate : innovation
13. CHOLERIC :: ANGER
A. cynic : displeasure B. gullible : trustworthiness C. skeptical : doubt D. sanguine : pessimism E. narcissistic : petulance
14. VISCOUS :: TREACLE
A. saccharine : sugar B. attractive : nectar C. smooth : satin D. volatile : oil E. durable : wood
15. AVARICE :: MONEY
A. trepidation : fear B. ambition : success C. deference : respect D. decadence : praise E. clairvoyance : future
15 questions
10 minutes
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