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Example Question #1351 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Pious
Mean
Unpleasant
Agreeable
Handy
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 #1352 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Normal
Amusing
Verbose
Greedy
Perplexing
Greedy
The adjective, "mercenary," means greedy. The Latin root word, "merces," means wages.
Example Question #1353 : Identifying 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 #1354 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Ingenious
Soaked
Gruesome
Flowing
Moral
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #1355 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Arid
Misleading
Foolish
Fertile
Wild
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #1356 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Alert
Unconscious
Disturbed
Eager
Memorable
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #1357 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Proximal
Attuned
Married
Contemptuous
Self-confessed
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #1358 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Spacious
Sluggish
Destitute
Euphoric
Savage
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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