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Example Question #37 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Discreet
Diminutive
Transparent
Remorseful
Dignified
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #38 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Longitudinal
Furious
Rapid
Melancholy
Legal
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Muted
Thought-provoking
Garrulous
Tactile
Shocking
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #151 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Seasoned
Mercurial
Bothersome
Stoic
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 #43 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Thoughtful
Hurried
Verifiable
Sociable
Uplifting
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #44 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Dominant
Passionate
Malignant
Plausible
Rebellious
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #45 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Erroneous
Heavy
Unforgettable
Miserable
Scared
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 #46 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Ignorant
Uninterested
Aggressive
Motivated
Lawless
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
Immediate
Saddened
Delicious
Joyful
Tedious
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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