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Example Question #2231 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FECUND
Spherical
Fertile
Intelligent
Baleful
Corpulent
Fertile
“Fecund” means fertile or capable of producing many children, so "fertile" is the correct answer. For clarification, "spherical" means round, shaped like a sphere; "corpulent" means fat; "baleful" means menacing; and "intelligent" means smart.
Example Question #2241 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISCRETE
Flowery
Serious
Malignant
Separate
Imaginative
Separate
"Discrete" and "separate" are both words to describe things that are distinctive from one another.
Example Question #1064 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PERVASIVE
Underground
Wealthy
Threatening
Extensive
Hand-crafted
Extensive
"Pervasive" means widely prevalent, or "extensive." One might talk about the "pervasive influence" of a new idea or invention.
Example Question #11 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Time, Age, Movement, And Location
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
RUSTIC
Ordinary
Petite
Shabby
Rural
Oxidized
Rural
"Rustic" means relating to the countryside, or "rural."
Example Question #1066 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BUCOLIC
Lighthearted
Futuristic
Pastoral
Welcoming
Urbane
Pastoral
"Bucolic" is an adjective meaning "of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life." While "lighthearted" and "welcoming" might seem like good answers because of the "pleasant" connotation of "bucolic," "pastoral" is the closest synonym of "bucolic" amongst the answer choices because one meaning of "pastoral" is "portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form," usually used to refer to works of art. So, the correct answer is "pastoral."
Example Question #2243 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LATTER
Morose
Final
Developed
Adorable
Unstable
Final
Latter means occuring towards the end, or the second of two things.
Example Question #2244 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVERGENT
Careful
Sneaky
Wayward
Bold
Intelligent
Wayward
Something that is "divergent" is something that is going off in its own direction or moving away from the pack, so "wayward" is the synonym you want.
Example Question #2245 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MUNICIPAL
Irate
Preposterous
Financial
Civic
Corresponding
Civic
Municipal means relating to a city or town, or civic.
Example Question #3144 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ASCENDANT
Faltering
Up-and-coming
Qualitative
Consistent
Sinking
Up-and-coming
“Ascendant” is an adjective that means “rising in power or influence,” so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “rising.” That means that “sinking” cannot be the correct answer, because “sinking” means “descending or dropping,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “ascendant.” “Up-and-coming,” however, is an adjective that is used of a person beginning a particular activity or occupation and means “making good progress toward success,” and because “up-and-coming” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “ascendant,” “up-and-coming” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2246 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TERMINAL
Timid
Crass
Capricious
Final
Mistaken
Final
"Terminal" means at the end of something. Thus, the best choice is the word final. The root word, "termin," means end.
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