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Example Question #184 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SOPORIFIC
Plain
Joy-inducing
Tacit
Sleep-inducing
Fear-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 #185 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIABOLICAL
Devilish
Famished
Putative
Inebriated
Eligible
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 #186 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PUNITIVE
Legendary
Punishing
Puerile
Trifling
Fabled
Punishing
"Punitive" means "punishing." "Trifling" means trivial, unimportant. "Fabled" and "legendary" are synonyms. "Puerile" is another word for juvenile or immature.
Example Question #181 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TACIT
Unspoken
Ecstatic
Explicit
Eligible
Jubilant
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 #187 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSUPERABLE
Repugnant
Cheerful
Zealous
Insurmountable
Acrobatic
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 #188 : Synonyms: Other Adjectives
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXTANT
Myriad
Spectacular
Exuberant
Annihilated
Not destroyed
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 #1511 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DISCURSIVE
Gravid
Digressive
Redundant
Thwarted
Alabaster
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 #1512 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DESPOTIC
Macabre
Tacit
Tyrannical
Hopeful
Archaic
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 #1521 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CELESTIAL
Capacious
Regal
Macabre
Spectral
Cosmic
Cosmic
"Celestial" means "cosmic" and particularly pertains to stars. "Spectral" means ghostly. "Regal" means royal and stately. "Capacious" means spacious or palatial.
Example Question #1522 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PARAMOUNT
Of little importance
Empirical
Of equivalent importance
Proportional
Vital
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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