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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 #1391 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE
Determined
Hissing
Bloody
Civilized
Credible
Bloody
"Sanguine" means bloody or cheerful. The Latin root word, "sanguis," means blood.
Example Question #1351 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AMENABLE
Mean
Unpleasant
Handy
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 #1352 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MERCENARY
Verbose
Perplexing
Greedy
Amusing
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 #1353 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MACABRE
Ingenious
Moral
Soaked
Flowing
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 #1354 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMATOSE
Alert
Memorable
Disturbed
Eager
Unconscious
Unconscious
"Comatose" means unconscious.
Example Question #1354 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
AVOWED
Proximal
Attuned
Self-confessed
Contemptuous
Married
Self-confessed
"Avowed" means admitted publicly, or self-declared.
Example Question #1355 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FERAL
Spacious
Destitute
Savage
Euphoric
Sluggish
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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