GRE Vocabulary 1 (analogy, antonym, sentence completion)

Mundane : Novelty

(A) sporadic : constancy
(B) adroit : skill
(C) laudatory : hostility
(D) reticent : desolation
(E) holistic : body

Paean : Praise

(A) filibuster : obstruction
(B) verdict : guilt
(C) sacrifice : propitiation
(D) dirge : mourning
(E) novel : desperation

Criticize : Fulminate

(A) tease : assuage
(B) hurt : torture
(C) laud : prevaricate
(D) disabuse : refute
(E) flail : control

Canonical : Conformity

(A) static : motion
(B) voracious : perfidity
(C) magnanimous : generosity
(D) obtuse : intelligence
(E) disparate : similarity

Ingenuous

(A) naive
(B) stupid
(C) exigent
(D) vociferous
(E) calculating

Arduous

(A) responsible
(B) effortless
(C) appreciable
(D) friendly
(E) inured

Audacious

(A) timorous
(B) capricious
(C) unsatisfactory
(D) recalcitrant
(E) independant

Equivocate

(A) investigate thoroughly
(B) judge fairly
(C) think slowly
(D) speak honestly
(E) fix completely

The FCC's recent ruling settled the question of multiple media ownership, thus ________ the need for states to legislate in this area.

(A) censoring
(B) obviating
(C) enhancing
(D) reducing
(E) demanding

Although the field of nanotechnology is only in its __________ stages, scientists expect that in the future it will ________ other technologies to a position of obsolescence.

(A) formative / alienate
(B) virulent / consign
(C) nascent / relegate
(D) noxious / push
(E) beginning / recall