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Example Question #593 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONDUCIVE
Outgoing
Angular
Helpful
Correct
Tepid
Helpful
"Conducive" means helpful or tending to produce.
Example Question #594 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE
Bloody
Determined
Civilized
Hissing
Credible
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
Agreeable
Unpleasant
Mean
Handy
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
Verbose
Amusing
Greedy
Normal
Perplexing
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
Squalid
Harmful
Imaginative
Perfect
Sparse
Harmful
"Insidious" means harmful in a stealthy way.
Example Question #1394 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Moral
Ingenious
Flowing
Soaked
Gruesome
Gruesome
"Macabre" means gruesome or ghastly. It also means pertaining to death.
Example Question #1395 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRUITFUL
Fertile
Misleading
Wild
Arid
Foolish
Fertile
"Fruitful" means fertile.
Example Question #1396 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Disturbed
Memorable
Unconscious
Alert
Eager
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #1397 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Contemptuous
Attuned
Self-confessed
Proximal
Married
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #1398 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Destitute
Savage
Sluggish
Spacious
Euphoric
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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