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Example Question #1471 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SOPORIFIC
Fear-inducing
Tacit
Sleep-inducing
Plain
Joy-inducing
Sleep-inducing
Something "soporific" will lull someone to sleep, not cause fear or joy. "Plain" is an antonym for "fancy." "Tacit" describes something unspoken or silent but still understood by all.
Example Question #1472 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIABOLICAL
Inebriated
Eligible
Putative
Famished
Devilish
Devilish
"Diabolical" and "devilish" are synonyms. "Putative" means presumed or supposed. "Eligible" means qualified, and "inebriated" is another word for intoxicated or drunk. "Famished" means starving.
Example Question #1473 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PUNITIVE
Legendary
Puerile
Fabled
Punishing
Trifling
Punishing
"Punitive" means "punishing." "Trifling" means trivial, unimportant. "Fabled" and "legendary" are synonyms. "Puerile" is another word for juvenile or immature.
Example Question #1474 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TACIT
Unspoken
Ecstatic
Jubilant
Explicit
Eligible
Unspoken
Something "tacit" is understood without being spoken, implicit. This is an antonym for "explicit." "Ecstatic" means euphoric, and "jubilant" means overjoyed. "Eligible" and "qualified" are synonyms.
Example Question #1475 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSUPERABLE
Acrobatic
Repugnant
Insurmountable
Cheerful
Zealous
Insurmountable
"Insuperable" is a synonym for "insurmountable," difficult to overcome. "Zealous" means impassioned, fervent. "Repugnant" means loathsome, vile. "Acrobatic" can mean literally like an acrobat or more figuratively skilled and flexible at physical feats. "Cheerful" is a synonym for "jolly" and "merry."
Example Question #1476 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTANT
Not destroyed
Exuberant
Annihilated
Myriad
Spectacular
Not destroyed
"Extant," which often describes archaeological or historical artifacts, means still in existence, "not destroyed." This is an antonym for "annihilated," or totally destroyed. "Myriad" means innumerable. "Spectacular" is a synonym for "stunning." "Exuberant" means overjoyed.
Example Question #1477 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISCURSIVE
Alabaster
Redundant
Gravid
Digressive
Thwarted
Digressive
"Discursive" means rambling, meandering, or "digressive." "Gravid" means swollen or pregnant. "Alabaster" means white. Something that has been "thwarted" has been stalled, stopped, or foiled. "Redundant" means excessively repetitive.
Example Question #1473 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DESPOTIC
Hopeful
Tyrannical
Archaic
Macabre
Tacit
Tyrannical
"Despotic" is a synonym for "tyrannical," cruel, and dictatorial. "Hopeful" means optimistic, and "archaic" means outdated or obsolete. "Macabre" is a synonym for "ghastly." "Tacit" means unspoken but understood.
Example Question #1474 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CELESTIAL
Spectral
Cosmic
Macabre
Regal
Capacious
Cosmic
"Celestial" means "cosmic" and particularly pertains to stars. "Spectral" means ghostly. "Regal" means royal and stately. "Capacious" means spacious or palatial.
Example Question #1480 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PARAMOUNT
Of equivalent importance
Proportional
Vital
Of little importance
Empirical
Vital
"Paramount" means of utmost importance, "vital," or integral. "Empirical" means able to be measured or based in evidence rather than, say, logic or intuition. "Proportional" means commensurate, corresponding.
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