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Example Question #1691 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BOMBASTICALLY
Complaisantly
Ingratiatingly
Pompously
Smarmily
Acrimoniously
Pompously
"Bombastic" is a synonym for grandiloquent and pompous. "Complaisant" is a synonym for "acquiescent" and "amenable." "Ingratiating" and "smarmy" are synonyms. "Acrimonious" means caustic or bitter.
Example Question #1692 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITELY
Haughtily
Parsimoniously
Superciliously
Penitently
Illustriously
Penitently
"Contrite" means penitent or repentant. "Haughty" and "supercilious" are synonyms that both mean stuck up, conceited. "Illustrious" means distinguished or eminent. "Parsimonious" means stingy or cheap.
Example Question #1693 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACRIMONIOUSLY
Surreptitiously
Bitterly
Petulantly
Stealthily
Ambivalently
Bitterly
"Acrimonious" is a synonym for "acerbic" and "bitter." To be "ambivalent" is to have mixed feeling about something. "Surreptitious" and "stealthy" are both synonyms for furtive. "Petulant" is another word for peevish, grumpy, or irritable.
Example Question #1694 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VAPIDLY
Dully
Eminently
Pristinely
Palatably
Congenially
Dully
"Vapid" means dull and boring. "Eminent" means prominent and distinguished. "Palatable" means acceptable or edible, depending on the context, and "pristine" means spotless. "Congenial" means personable and friendly.
Example Question #1695 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INGENUOUSLY
Dissolutely
Forbiddingly
Insolently
Impertinently
Naively
Naively
"Ingenuous" means naive or childlike with innocence. This is an antonym for "dissolute," or depraved. "Forbidding" means grim or unwelcoming. "Insolent" and "impertinent" both mean impudent.
Example Question #1696 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INTRACTABLY
Serenely
Intransigently
Immaculately
Innocuously
Innocently
Intransigently
"Intractable" and "intransigent" are both synonyms for stubborn. "Innocent" means the opposite or guilty (or the opposite of experienced and worldly, depending), and "innocuous" means harmless. "Immaculate" is another word for "pristine," and "serene" is another word for calm and peaceful.
Example Question #1697 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EPHERMALLY
Smugly
Troublingly
Exquisitely
Irrelevantly
Briefly
Briefly
"Ephemeral" means brief, fleeting, or short-lived. "Exquisite means beautiful or lovely. Something "troubling" is unsettling, and something "irrelevant" is not pertinent. "Smug" is a synonym for "arrogant."
Example Question #1698 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FALLACIOUSLY
Humongously
Indifferently
Excruciatingly
Ephemerally
Fictitiously
Fictitiously
"Fallacious" means false, fictitious, erroneous. "Ephemeral" is a synonym for "transient" or fleeting. "Humongous" means huge or enormous. Someone who is "indifferent" is unconcerned or uncaring. Excruciating is a synonym for "agonizing."
Example Question #1699 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OSTENTATIOUSLY
Execrably
Opulently
Pertinaciously
Showily
Arrogantly
Showily
"Ostentatious" means showy, flamboyant, or pretentious. "Opulent" means luxurious or wealthy, and "arrogant" means conceited. "Execrable" means terrible, dreadful. "Pertinacious" is a synonym for "persistent" and "tenacious."
Example Question #1700 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PHLEGMATICALLY
Calmly
Gregariously
Equivocally
Exorbitantly
Salubriously
Calmly
"Phlegmatic" means calm, levelheaded, and composed. "Equivocal" is a synonym for "ambiguous," and "salubrious" is a synonym for "healthy." "Gregarious" is a synonym for "outgoing" and "sociable." "Exorbitant" means excessive, extortionate.
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