Answer the following questions to check your English vocabulary skill for the GED Exam. (The correct answers are given at the bottom of the questions) 1. What is the synonym of DESPONDENT? (A) very old (B) extravagantly wasteful (C) in low-spirits (D) not original (E) not clear 2. What is the antonym of DESPONDENT? (A) incalculable (B) developed (C) inefficacious (D) elated (E) empty 3. What is the synonym of ANXIETY? (A) worry (B) vagueness (C) hastiness (D) murder (E) remedy 4. What is the antonym of ANXIETY? (A) disloyalty (B) prettiness (C) enmity (D) tranquility (E) accident 5. What is the synonym of CONSTANT? (A) brave (B) first-class (C) unchanging (D) consenting (E) harshness 6. What is the antonym of CONSTANT? (A) chained (B) unable (C) variable (D) contract (E) insecure 7. What is the synonym of ANTICIPATE? (A) settle or find a solution to (B) clarify by giving an illustration of (C) make (someone) less angry or hostile (D) give up or to give in (E) assume to be likely to happen 8. What is the antonym of ANTICIPATE? (A) examine (B) question (C) agree (D) pluck (E) revised 9. What is the synonym of ANIMOSITY? (A) brightly shining (B) well mannered (C) not focused (D) active enmity (E) heroic poem 10. What is the antonym of ANIMOSITY? (A) tail (B) respect (C) perceive (D) emit (E) unite 11. What is the synonym of CAPRICIOUS? (A) observable (B) naughtiness (C) whimsical (D) concurrently (E) civilized 12. What is the antonym of CAPRICIOUS? (A) capable (B) emptiness (C) error (D) overabundance (E) constant 13. What is the synonym of IMPASSIVE? (A) excessively talkative or wordy (B) all on a sudden (C) one who eats eagerly (D) attractive appearance or character (E) not susceptible to suffering 14. What is the antonym of IMPASSIVE? (A) beautiful (B) immaterial (C) emotional (D) healthy (E) inexplicit 15. What is the synonym of DESPOT? (A) somebody or something that runs (B) a ruler with unlimited power (C) vessel with a long handle (D) binding commitment to do something (E) a speech honoring the dead 16. What is the antonym of DESPOT? (A) ambiguous (B) helpful (C) liberal (D) obedient (E) stressful 17. What is the synonym of PROPERTY? (A) low (B) challenge (C) career (D) bravery (E) goods 18. What is the antonym of PROPERTY? (A) emigrant (B) loan (C) partisanship (D) abnormal (E) unlucky 19. What is the synonym of SUSTAIN? (A) commit a sin (B) push into action (C) uphold as valid (D) make compatible with (E) make an apology 20. What is the antonym of SUSTAIN? (A) redo (B) soak (C) abandon (D) curtain (E) unsettle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Answers: 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. E 8. B 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. E 13. E 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. E 18. B 19. C 20. C