【习惯性GRE】--1006G【反义】--反义零知识者必读

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Sample Questions with Explanations
Verbal Reasoning: Antonyms Questions

The explanation for the Antonym question type appears below, followed by the directions for the sample Antonym questions.
Antonym questions test knowledge of vocabulary more directly than do any of the other verbal question types, measuring the strength of your vocabulary and your ability to reason from a given concept to its opposite. Antonyms may require only general knowledge of a word, or they may require that you make fine distinctions among answer choices. Antonyms are generally confined to nouns, verbs and adjectives; answer choices may be single words or phrases.

Here are some approaches that may be helpful in answering antonym questions:

• Remember that you are looking for the word that is the most nearly opposite to the given word; you are not looking for a synonym. Many words do not have a precise opposite, so you must look for the answer choice that expresses a concept most nearly opposite to that of the given word.
• In some cases, more than one of the answer choices may appear at first to be opposite to the given word. When this happens, try to define more precisely or in greater detail the meaning of the given word.
• In weighing answer choices, it is often useful to make up a sentence using the given word or words. Substitute the answer choices in the phrase or sentence and see which best fits. The best answer will be the one that reverses the meaning or tone of the sentence or phrase.
• Remember that a particular word may have more than one meaning.
• Use your knowledge of root, prefix and suffix meanings to help you determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.

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Directions: Each sample question in this section consists of a word printed in capital letters followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning, be sure to consider all the choices before deciding which one is best. (There are 13 questions in this section.)

1. DIFFUSE:
contend
concentrate
imply
pretend
rebel

2. MULTIFARIOUS:
deprived of freedom
deprived of comfort
lacking space
lacking stability
lacking diversity

3. FALLACY:
personal philosophy
imaginative idea
unconfirmed theory
tentative opinion
valid argument

4. DIVULGE:
keep secret
evaluate by oneself
refine
restore
copy

5. BOYCOTT:
extort
underwrite
underbid
stipulate
patronize

6. ADULTERATION:
consternation
purification
normalization
approximation
rejuvenation

7. DEPOSITION:
process of congealing
process of distilling
process of eroding
process of evolving
process of condensing

8. ENERVATE:
recuperate
resurrect
renovate
gather
strengthen

9. LOQUACIOUS:
tranquil
skeptical
morose
taciturn
witty

10. REPINE:
intensify
excuse
express joy
feel sure
rush forward

11. VENERATION:
derision
blame
avoidance
ostracism
defiance

12. INVETERATE:
casual
public
satisfactory
trustworthy
sophisticated

13. UNDERMINE:
submerge
supersede
overhaul
undergird
intersperse

1-5 BEEAE
6-11 BCEDCA
12-13 AD
1
The best answer is (B). Diffuse means to permit or cause to spread out, only (B) presents an idea that is in any way opposite to diffuse.
2
Multifarious means having or occurring in great variety, so the best answer is (E). Even if you are not entirely familiar with the meaning of multifarious, it is possible to use the clue provided by "multi-" to help find the right answer to this question.