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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
Moderately
Grandiloquently
Salubriously
Prodigally
Mordantly
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
Ingenuously
Strenuously
Onerously
Wantonly
Stringently
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 #163 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BOMBASTICALLY
Smarmily
Acrimoniously
Ingratiatingly
Pompously
Complaisantly
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 #164 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITELY
Illustriously
Superciliously
Penitently
Parsimoniously
Haughtily
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 #165 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACRIMONIOUSLY
Surreptitiously
Bitterly
Petulantly
Ambivalently
Stealthily
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 #166 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VAPIDLY
Palatably
Dully
Congenially
Eminently
Pristinely
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 #167 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INGENUOUSLY
Dissolutely
Forbiddingly
Naively
Insolently
Impertinently
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 #168 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INTRACTABLY
Serenely
Innocently
Innocuously
Immaculately
Intransigently
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 #169 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EPHERMALLY
Irrelevantly
Exquisitely
Smugly
Troublingly
Briefly
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 #170 : Synonyms: Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FALLACIOUSLY
Excruciatingly
Ephemerally
Indifferently
Fictitiously
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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