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Example Question #151 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Transparent
Discreet
Diminutive
Remorseful
Dignified
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #152 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Melancholy
Rapid
Furious
Legal
Longitudinal
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Shocking
Tactile
Garrulous
Muted
Thought-provoking
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #154 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Stoic
Seasoned
Mercurial
Bothersome
Charismatic
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 #155 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Verifiable
Uplifting
Hurried
Sociable
Thoughtful
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Plausible
Malignant
Passionate
Dominant
Rebellious
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #157 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Erroneous
Miserable
Unforgettable
Heavy
Scared
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #158 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Delicious
Irritable
Logical
Unsound
Gifted
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #159 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Motivated
Uninterested
Aggressive
Lawless
Ignorant
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #160 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Saddened
Immediate
Joyful
Delicious
Tedious
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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