Answer the following questions to check your English vocabulary skill for the GRE Exam. (The correct answers are given at the bottom of the questions) 1. What is the synonym of RESILIENT? (A) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions (B) refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style (C) a feeling of embarrassment due to failure or disappointment (D) the quality or state of being whole and unimpaired (E) a decisive, crucial time in the course of anything 2. What is the antonym of RESILIENT? (A) partnerless (B) anomaly (C) comparative (D) dormant (E) inflexible 3. What is the synonym of RANDOM? (A) disconnect (B) unpopulated (C) haphazard (D) waterless (E) fearful 4. What is the antonym of RANDOM? (A) low-cost (B) unlocked (C) stable (D) self-governing (E) unchangeable 5. What is the synonym of INITIATIVE? (A) program (B) step (C) formulation (D) recommendation (E) illustriousness 6. What is the antonym of INITIATIVE? (A) elucidation (B) inactivity (C) fierceness (D) remembrance (E) demonstration 7. What is the synonym of RUIN? (A) positiveness (B) morality (C) remains (D) gardener (E) comedian 8. What is the antonym of RUIN? (A) inscribe (B) appear (C) build (D) pay (E) tolerate 9. What is the synonym of CASCADE? (A) incapacitate (B) improve (C) compel (D) pour (E) inspire 10. What is the antonym of CASCADE? (A) ennoble (B) collect (C) confirm (D) organize (E) drip 11. What is the synonym of GLARE? (A) smallness of quantity or number (B) the resolution of a dispute (C) the quality of being brief (D) look very angrily at someone (E) an absurd presentation of something 12. What is the antonym of GLARE? (A) dimness (B) inducement (C) adjustment (D) aversion (E) production 13. What is the synonym of DISPOSITION? (A) representatives (B) bountifulness (C) tiredness (D) mentality (E) supervision 14. What is the antonym of DISPOSITION? (A) disinclination (B) irritability (C) personalty (D) astonishment (E) intelligibility 15. What is the synonym of ADJACENT? (A) neighboring (B) hurricane (C) drowned (D) partially (E) monotone 16. What is the antonym of ADJACENT? (A) faraway (B) quickened (C) measurable (D) newly (E) little 17. What is the synonym of DIVIDE? (A) manifest or indicate (B) strike with force (C) make more violent (D) separate into parts (E) make sense of 18. What is the antonym of DIVIDE? (A) reform (B) attach (C) luxuriate (D) captivate (E) jump 19. What is the synonym of EPHEMERAL? (A) transitory (B) gossiping (C) forgivable (D) brilliant (E) easy 20. What is the antonym of EPHEMERAL? (A) thundering (B) worrisome (C) praising (D) enduring (E) untouched ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Answers: 1. A 2. E 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. E 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. A 16. A 17. D 18. B 19. A 20. D