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Example Question #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Handy
Unpleasant
Agreeable
Pious
Mean
Agreeable
Someone who is "amenable" is agreeable, pleasant, or easy to get along with; someone who is not stubborn or pig-headed is amenable.
Example Question #1392 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Normal
Verbose
Amusing
Perplexing
Greedy
Greedy
The adjective, "mercenary," means greedy. The Latin root word, "merces," means wages.
Example Question #1393 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIDIOUS
Sparse
Imaginative
Squalid
Perfect
Harmful
Harmful
"Insidious" means harmful in a stealthy way.
Example Question #1394 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Soaked
Gruesome
Ingenious
Flowing
Moral
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Arid
Wild
Fertile
Foolish
Misleading
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #1396 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Unconscious
Eager
Alert
Memorable
Disturbed
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #1397 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Attuned
Self-confessed
Married
Contemptuous
Proximal
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #1398 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Savage
Sluggish
Euphoric
Spacious
Destitute
Savage
"Feral" means wild or savage; Destitute means poor; Spacious means roomy; Euphoric means extremely happy; and Sluggish means slow moving.
Example Question #1359 : Identifying Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
INTENSE
palateable
vigorous
strange
rural
lethargic
vigorous
"Intense" means of extreme force or strength, or vigorous.
Example Question #1401 : Synonyms
Synonyms: find the words that match most closely.
IRREPRESSIBLE
Pleasant
Racous
Occasional
Catastrophic
Unquenchable
Unquenchable
"Irrepressible" means unable to be repressed or controlled, or unquenchable.
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