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Example Question #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONDUCIVE
Angular
Outgoing
Correct
Tepid
Helpful
Helpful
"Conducive" means helpful or tending to produce.
Example Question #1346 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE
Civilized
Determined
Credible
Hissing
Bloody
Bloody
"Sanguine" means bloody or cheerful. The Latin root word, "sanguis," means blood.
Example Question #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Unpleasant
Handy
Mean
Agreeable
Pious
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 #1392 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Amusing
Perplexing
Verbose
Greedy
Normal
Greedy
The adjective, "mercenary," means greedy. The Latin root word, "merces," means wages.
Example Question #1393 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIDIOUS
Perfect
Sparse
Squalid
Imaginative
Harmful
Harmful
"Insidious" means harmful in a stealthy way.
Example Question #1393 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Soaked
Flowing
Moral
Ingenious
Gruesome
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #2152 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Arid
Wild
Foolish
Misleading
Fertile
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Unconscious
Eager
Disturbed
Memorable
Alert
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #1394 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Self-confessed
Attuned
Contemptuous
Proximal
Married
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Spacious
Savage
Euphoric
Sluggish
Destitute
Savage
"Feral" means wild or savage; Destitute means poor; Spacious means roomy; Euphoric means extremely happy; and Sluggish means slow moving.
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