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Example Question #38 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Dignified
Diminutive
Transparent
Remorseful
Discreet
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #943 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Furious
Melancholy
Legal
Longitudinal
Rapid
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #151 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Muted
Shocking
Thought-provoking
Tactile
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #152 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Bothersome
Seasoned
Charismatic
Mercurial
Stoic
Mercurial
“Volatile” is an adjective that can mean “easily evaporated” when referring to a substance, “liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,” or when describing a person, “displaying rapid changes of emotion.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “easily evaporated,” “changing rapidly,” or “rapid change of emotion.” That means that “stoic” cannot be the correct answer, because “stoic” means “enduring hardship without showing one’s feelings,” a meaning very distant from that of “volatile.” “Mercurial,” however, is an adjective that can mean “subject to unpredictable changes of mood or mind” when describing a person, and because “mercurial” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “volatile,” “mercurial” is the correct answer.
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Verifiable
Sociable
Uplifting
Hurried
Thoughtful
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #154 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Dominant
Plausible
Malignant
Rebellious
Passionate
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #155 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Miserable
Unforgettable
Heavy
Scared
Erroneous
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #947 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Delicious
Logical
Unsound
Irritable
Gifted
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Lawless
Motivated
Ignorant
Uninterested
Aggressive
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #952 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Delicious
Joyful
Saddened
Tedious
Immediate
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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