Antonyms Practice Test 09

1. TENUOUS

A. flimsy B. notorious C. frivolous D. ironclad E. thoughtful

2. QUAFF

A. pander B. gulp C. decimate D. chew E. sip

3. GRATUITOUS

A. clandestine B. judicial C. amenable D. melancholy E. warranted

4. MAGNANIMOUS

A. repentant B. jocose C. vainglorious D. vengeful E. phlegmatic

5. SHROUD

A. peak B. veil C. expose D. eschew E. unwind

6. CONTIGUOUS

A. narrowly beaten B. carefully divided C. widely separated D. scarcely visible E. carefully
worded

7. OVERTURE

A. libretto B. crescendo C. percussion D. finale E. solo

8. SPURN

A. convene B. jeopardize C. woo D. shun E. evade

9. DISINGENUITY

A. disgrace B. craftiness C. raillery D. artlessness E. ambiguity

10. SAGACIOUS

A. fatuous B. sanguine C. judicious D. wispy E. saturnine

11. INDISPOSED

A. indigent B. hale C. jubilant D. simpering E. disinclined

12. SLEW

A. shortage B. glut C. fruition D. recovery E. corsage

13. MERCURIAL

A. incremental B. stolid C. pusillanimous D. plantigrade E. droll

14. CARPING

A. cathartic B. choleric C. uncomplaining D. analogous E. spawning

15. HETERODOX

A. cruciform B. canonical C. rakish D. dexterous E. encompassing

16. REDOUBTABLE

A. dissipated B. whining C. inconsequential D. formidable E. evanescent

17. DICHOTOMY

A. disparity B. equivocation C. monarchy D. altercation E. synthesis

18. INVECTIVE

A. accolade B. camaraderie C. extradition D. perturbation E. insult

19. ARCHETYPAL

A. generalized B. idiosyncratic C. salacious D. apocryphal E. consanguine

20. SATURNINE

A. jovial B. lofty C. morose D. mercurial E. staid