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Example Question #1649 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BOMBASTICALLY
Complaisantly
Pompously
Acrimoniously
Ingratiatingly
Smarmily
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 #1650 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITELY
Superciliously
Haughtily
Parsimoniously
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 #1651 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACRIMONIOUSLY
Ambivalently
Surreptitiously
Petulantly
Bitterly
Stealthily
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 #1652 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VAPIDLY
Eminently
Pristinely
Palatably
Congenially
Dully
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 #1653 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INGENUOUSLY
Insolently
Forbiddingly
Impertinently
Dissolutely
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 #1654 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INTRACTABLY
Serenely
Immaculately
Innocently
Innocuously
Intransigently
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 #1655 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EPHERMALLY
Smugly
Briefly
Troublingly
Irrelevantly
Exquisitely
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 #1656 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FALLACIOUSLY
Excruciatingly
Indifferently
Ephemerally
Humongously
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 #1657 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OSTENTATIOUSLY
Opulently
Showily
Pertinaciously
Execrably
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 #1658 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PHLEGMATICALLY
Calmly
Equivocally
Exorbitantly
Gregariously
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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