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Example Question #42 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Charismatic
Mercurial
Bothersome
Seasoned
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 #43 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Sociable
Uplifting
Thoughtful
Hurried
Verifiable
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
Plausible
Malignant
Dominant
Rebellious
Passionate
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
Unforgettable
Miserable
Scared
Erroneous
Heavy
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #46 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Delicious
Irritable
Unsound
Gifted
Logical
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #47 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Lawless
Uninterested
Motivated
Ignorant
Aggressive
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #48 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Saddened
Delicious
Immediate
Tedious
Joyful
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
Example Question #953 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JUBILANT
Lavish
Stalwart
Joyful
Morose
Juvenile
Joyful
"Jubilant" means joyful.
Example Question #49 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Historical
Tedious
Dull
Dramatic
Ancient
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
Example Question #161 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ENVIOUS
Sociable
Erroneous
Jealous
Excessive
Incessant
Jealous
"Envious" means jealous; Erroneous means mistaken; Excessive means too much; Sociable means outgoing; and Incessant means continual.
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