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 MITIGATE? (A) fly (B) mix (C) sacrifice (D) renovate (E) appease 2. What is the antonym of MITIGATE? (A) intensify (B) study (C) impart (D) fail (E) practise 3. What is the synonym of CLEAVE? (A) depose (B) divide (C) believe (D) define (E) reply 4. What is the antonym of CLEAVE? (A) overstate (B) dial (C) fulfill (D) start (E) unite 5. What is the synonym of VALIANT? (A) faithful (B) fore-runner (C) celebrated (D) heroic (E) auspicious 6. What is the antonym of VALIANT? (A) cowardly (B) dissatisfied (C) practical (D) cautious (E) infantile 7. What is the synonym of DOLOROUS? (A) having mental anguish (B) troublesome or irritable (C) untrustworthy or unstable (D) showing good taste (E) having great influence 8. What is the antonym of DOLOROUS? (A) affordable (B) disconnected (C) oblivious (D) rejoicing (E) unthinking 9. What is the synonym of ANIMATED? (A) hasty (B) powerless (C) zestful (D) frequent (E) painful 10. What is the antonym of ANIMATED? (A) unintended (B) unprofitable (C) plucky (D) inactive (E) unserviceable 11. What is the synonym of IGNOMINIOUS? (A) publicly shameful or humiliating (B) no longer in use (C) gaudy, in bad taste (D) without direction in life (E) an angry verbal attack 12. What is the antonym of IGNOMINIOUS? (A) ravished (B) respectable (C) inference (D) rueful (E) crumpled 13. What is the synonym of AMATEUR? (A) non-professional (B) artificial (C) heartiness (D) marketer (E) scholar 14. What is the antonym of AMATEUR? (A) aimless (B) disappointed (C) shipmate (D) untalkative (E) professional 15. What is the synonym of CONDONE? (A) steal (B) detonate (C) excuse (D) adore (E) repeal 16. What is the antonym of CONDONE? (A) devitalize (B) bring (C) censure (D) stunt (E) utilize 17. What is the synonym of DEMAGOGUE? (A) a word applied to a person or thing to describe an actual quality (B) a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices (C) the information or situation around an idea, event, or something that is said (D) a small group of friends who are unfriendly to people outside the group (E) the quality of being overly convinced of one’s own superiority and importance 18. What is the antonym of DEMAGOGUE? (A) decorousness (B) spitefulness (C) assortment (D) sincerity (E) peacemaker 19. What is the synonym of SPECIOUS? (A) extremely skilled (B) extremely stupid (C) misleadingly attractive (D) highly educated (E) very dry 20. What is the antonym of SPECIOUS? (A) heinous (B) compatible (C) straightforward (D) well-regulated (E) idiotic ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Answers: 1. E 2. A 3. B 4. E 5. D 6. A 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. E 15. C 16. C 17. B 18. E 19. C 20. C