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Example Question #81 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
THICKET
Cities
Bushes
Vagabonds
Vehicles
Lessons
Bushes
The noun "thicket" means a thick concentration of bushes or, less often, trees. Additionally, a "vagabond" is a person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home or job.
Example Question #82 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STATUTE
Law
Offer
Genre
Treatise
Art
Law
The noun "statute" refers to a written law in society. Additionally, "genre" means category; a "treatise" is a written exploration of an idea.
Example Question #83 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Lodging
Crack
Wrench
Jut
Joint
Crack
The noun "fissure" means crack, split, crevice, a long and narrow opening in the ground or some other large object. Additionally, a "wrench" is a tool used to tighten and loosen bolts; a "lodging" is a place where someone lives or where someone stays temporarily (like a hotel); a "joint" is something that joins two things together; to "jut" is to stick out from something (for example a ledge or a jagged piece of rock might "jut out").
Example Question #84 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BASTION
Stronghold
Brook
Portcullis
Prison
Carcass
Stronghold
"Bastion" means a "stronghold," a fortress or a secure place.
"Carcass" means a corpse, a dead body.
"Prison" is a place where criminals are confined, a jail.
"Brook" is a stream or a small river.
"Portcullis" is a gate or a wall that is movable, and which is typically found at the entrance to a fortress.
Example Question #891 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANUSCRIPT
Rift
Truce
Document
Assent
Fodder
Document
The noun "manuscript" refers to a document, a hand-written piece of text. Additionally, a "rift" is a break, a rupture; a "truce" is a pause in fighting, a peace agreement that is only temporary; "fodder" means raw material to be sacrificed because it is mostly worthless; "assent" is agreement.
Example Question #88 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BULWARK
Strategy
Tactic
Weapon
Ally
Wall
Wall
The correct answer is "wall."
"Bulwark" is a noun referring to a defensive wall.
Example Question #89 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Cleft
Plateau
Foundation
Depth
Highway
Cleft
"Fissure" means a cleft, or a crevice, a deep crack in something.
"Plateau" means a section of land that is flat, tableland, highland.
"Highway" means a heavily travelled road, freeway, or interstate.
"Depth" means the distance down or across something.
"Foundation" means the base, the bedrock, the support.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ATROCITY
barbed
metropolis
something horrific
flagrant
blessing
something horrific
An atrocity is something horrific.
Example Question #102 : Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FLATTERY
deflating
brushing away
compliments
convictions
accusations
compliments
Flattery means to compliment someone.
Example Question #103 : Synonyms
A synonym of "trek" is . . .
effervescence
map
flood
anomaly
expedition
expedition
"Trek" is a word meaning "a long arduous journey, especially one made on foot," so we need to pick out another word that means something like "journey." Since "expedition" means "a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war," "expedition" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "trek," so "expedition" is the correct answer.
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