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Example Question #161 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABSTEMIOUSLY
Salubriously
Moderately
Grandiloquently
Mordantly
Prodigally
Moderately
"Abstemious" means temperate, moderate. "Grandiloquent" is a synonym for pompous. "Salubrious" and "healthful" are synonyms, as are "prodigal" and "wasteful." "Mordant," "trenchant," and "caustic" are all synonyms.
Example Question #162 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GUILELESSLY
Wantonly
Stringently
Strenuously
Ingenuously
Onerously
Ingenuously
"Guileless" means ingenuous, innocent, and naive. "Onerous" means difficult and laborious. "Strenuous" similarly means arduous. "Stringent" means rigid and strict. "Wanton" means immoral or promiscuous.
Example Question #1691 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BOMBASTICALLY
Smarmily
Ingratiatingly
Acrimoniously
Complaisantly
Pompously
Pompously
"Bombastic" is a synonym for grandiloquent and pompous. "Complaisant" is a synonym for "acquiescent" and "amenable." "Ingratiating" and "smarmy" are synonyms. "Acrimonious" means caustic or bitter.
Example Question #1692 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITELY
Penitently
Haughtily
Parsimoniously
Superciliously
Illustriously
Penitently
"Contrite" means penitent or repentant. "Haughty" and "supercilious" are synonyms that both mean stuck up, conceited. "Illustrious" means distinguished or eminent. "Parsimonious" means stingy or cheap.
Example Question #1693 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACRIMONIOUSLY
Bitterly
Petulantly
Ambivalently
Stealthily
Surreptitiously
Bitterly
"Acrimonious" is a synonym for "acerbic" and "bitter." To be "ambivalent" is to have mixed feeling about something. "Surreptitious" and "stealthy" are both synonyms for furtive. "Petulant" is another word for peevish, grumpy, or irritable.
Example Question #1694 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VAPIDLY
Dully
Congenially
Pristinely
Palatably
Eminently
Dully
"Vapid" means dull and boring. "Eminent" means prominent and distinguished. "Palatable" means acceptable or edible, depending on the context, and "pristine" means spotless. "Congenial" means personable and friendly.
Example Question #1695 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INGENUOUSLY
Impertinently
Forbiddingly
Naively
Dissolutely
Insolently
Naively
"Ingenuous" means naive or childlike with innocence. This is an antonym for "dissolute," or depraved. "Forbidding" means grim or unwelcoming. "Insolent" and "impertinent" both mean impudent.
Example Question #1696 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INTRACTABLY
Innocently
Intransigently
Innocuously
Immaculately
Serenely
Intransigently
"Intractable" and "intransigent" are both synonyms for stubborn. "Innocent" means the opposite or guilty (or the opposite of experienced and worldly, depending), and "innocuous" means harmless. "Immaculate" is another word for "pristine," and "serene" is another word for calm and peaceful.
Example Question #1697 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EPHERMALLY
Briefly
Exquisitely
Smugly
Troublingly
Irrelevantly
Briefly
"Ephemeral" means brief, fleeting, or short-lived. "Exquisite means beautiful or lovely. Something "troubling" is unsettling, and something "irrelevant" is not pertinent. "Smug" is a synonym for "arrogant."
Example Question #1698 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FALLACIOUSLY
Ephemerally
Fictitiously
Excruciatingly
Indifferently
Humongously
Fictitiously
"Fallacious" means false, fictitious, erroneous. "Ephemeral" is a synonym for "transient" or fleeting. "Humongous" means huge or enormous. Someone who is "indifferent" is unconcerned or uncaring. Excruciating is a synonym for "agonizing."
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