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 INTRICATE? (A) full of complicated, interrelating, or tangled details or parts (B) concerned with everyday practices rather than theory or idealism (C) capable of being interpreted in more than one way (D) set aside as somebody’s or something’s share (E) the quality or state of being different or varied 2. What is the antonym of INTRICATE? (A) straightforward (B) mystical (C) sensible (D) rosy (E) open-minded 3. What is the synonym of PITTANCE? (A) one in the same profession (B) the quality of being brief (C) a small amount (of money) (D) position at which two lines (E) a formal expression of praise 4. What is the antonym of PITTANCE? (A) uncommonly (B) verbally (C) fluently (D) lot (E) kindly 5. What is the synonym of COMMENSURATE? (A) proportionate (B) dumb (C) doltish (D) keen (E) impoverished 6. What is the antonym of COMMENSURATE? (A) unfitting (B) prismatic (C) claptrap (D) icy (E) skeletal 7. What is the synonym of BOLSTER? (A) ascend (B) reinforce (C) provide (D) eat (E) detonate 8. What is the antonym of BOLSTER? (A) scrub (B) guess (C) undermine (D) inflame (E) recharge 9. What is the synonym of QUERY? (A) detonation (B) uncouthness (C) interrogation (D) emergency (E) fittingness 10. What is the antonym of QUERY? (A) join (B) elect (C) shine (D) reply (E) transfer 11. What is the synonym of BULWARK? (A) quantities (B) confidentiality (C) wall (D) consolidation (E) captivity 12. What is the antonym of BULWARK? (A) limit (B) attack (C) repel (D) dissociate (E) pressurize 13. What is the synonym of CONSUMMATE? (A) luminous (B) complete (C) unneeded (D) unashamed (E) injured 14. What is the antonym of CONSUMMATE? (A) unflawed (B) inept (C) modern (D) unceasing (E) unpolished 15. What is the synonym of DISPUTE? (A) sickly pale (B) very irritable (C) angry altercation (D) not working (E) below ground 16. What is the antonym of DISPUTE? (A) unlearned (B) confused (C) reliable (D) shady (E) indisputable 17. What is the synonym of ROSTER? (A) tragedy (B) schedule (C) information (D) destructiveness (E) commission 18. What is the antonym of ROSTER? (A) disorder (B) analogy (C) mildness (D) miserliness (E) innovator 19. What is the synonym of VEHEMENT? (A) not able to be heard (B) having great force or passion (C) evoking intense aversion or dislike (D) extremely dry or deathly boring (E) not sensible about practical matters 20. What is the antonym of VEHEMENT? (A) impeccable (B) unbreakable (C) cool (D) proficient (E) courageous ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Answers: 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C 16. E 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. C