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Example Question #24 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PLACATE
Antagonize
Urge
Implore
Conciliate
Assist
Conciliate
“Placate” means to calm down, and is therefore most similar in meaning to conciliate, which means to make peace, to bring calm. For clarification, implore and urge are synonyms; antagonize is loosely an antonym of placate and conciliate.
Example Question #25 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PLACATE
Master
Overwhelm
Wash
Plaster
Calm
Calm
"Placate" means to soothe or remove anxiety. (Example: "The mailman tried to placate the angry dog by offering him dog treats.") Thus, the verb "calm" is close in meaning and is therefore the best synonym.
Example Question #21 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Synonyms: Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATE
Anger
Fracture
Sling
Brawl
Flood
Anger
"Infuriate" means to make someone or something angry, so "anger," a word that when used as a verb means to enrage or to cause to be angry, is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are close in meaning to "infuriate" or "anger": "flood" means inundate with; "fracture" means to break or to crack; "brawl" means to fight; and "sling" means to throw.
Example Question #22 : Synonyms: Verbs About Emotional Changes
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PLACATE
Express
Corner
Abandon
Recommend
Soothe
Soothe
To placate is to soothe or to pacify.
Example Question #336 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEX
Annoy
Captivate
Utilize
Boost
Heal
Annoy
To vex is to annoy or to confuse.
Example Question #337 : Synonyms: Verbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
QUENCH
Confuse
Satisfy
Offend
Ratify
Prescribe
Satisfy
To quench is to satisfy.
Example Question #2051 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APPEASE
Calm
Nourish
Predict
Perceive
Invade
Calm
To "appease" is to calm or to bring to a state of peace.
Example Question #2052 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABHOR
Fear
Remove
Detest
Shorten
Approve
Detest
To "abhor" something is to hate it, so the synonym is "detest," which also means to hate or dislike something strongly.
Example Question #2053 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ALLEVIATE
Edit
Oppose
Relieve
Join forces with
Worsen
Relieve
To "alleviate" a condition is to relieve it or make it better.
Example Question #2851 : Ssat Upper Level Verbal
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARROW
Emotion
Indifference
Segment
Introduction
Distress
Distress
"Harrow" means distress.
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