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Example Questions
Example Question #822 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FAR-FETCHED
Improbable
Proportionate
Expected
Languishing
Operational
Improbable
“Far-fetched” is an adjective that means implausible, so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like unlikely. That means that “expected” cannot be the correct answer, because “expected” means thought of as likely to occur, making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “far-fetched.” “Improbable,” however, is an adjective that means either not likely to occur or be true, and because “improbable” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “far-fetched,” “improbable” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2157 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONFOUNDING
Ponderous
Puzzling
Considerate
Benevolent
Noteworthy
Puzzling
“Confounding” means confusing or puzzling, so "puzzling" is the correct answer. For clarification, "ponderous" means very slow or overelaborate; "noteworthy" means significant; "benevolent" means possessing a good or virtuous nature; and "considerate" means thoughtful.
Example Question #2158 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTENTIOUS
ill-timed
controversial
forgiving
renowned
remarkable
controversial
"Contentious" means likely to cause argument, or controversial.
Example Question #2159 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VIABLE
Manifold
Tremendous
Courageous
Influential
Feasible
Feasible
"Viable" means realistic and capable of meeting with success, or "feasible."
Example Question #2301 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SALIENT
Significant
Flavorful
Elegant
Salty
Corporeal
Significant
“Salient” means significant or noticeable. For clarification, "corporeal" means concerning bodily things (especially in contrast to spiritual things) and "elegant" means sophisticated and graceful.
Example Question #2302 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LIMPID
Intrepid
Ornery
Lucid
Listless
Laconic
Lucid
Something expressed in a “limpid” way is expressed clearly and lucidly and easily understood. So the correct answer is “lucid” which also means clear. For clarification, "listless" means lacking energy; "laconic" means terse or brief; "ornery" means irritable or bad-tempered; "intrepid" means adventurous.
Example Question #2303 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LUCID
Timid
Intelligible
Cloudy
Risky
Insane
Intelligible
"Lucid" means expressed clearly, or intelligible.
Example Question #2304 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LUCID
Mystified
Mandatory
Healthy
Clear
Shameful
Clear
"Lucid" means clear.
Example Question #2305 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GLIB
Silly
Fortified
Flippant
Weak
Unsure
Flippant
"Glib" means speaking a lot but in an insincere and flippant way, so "flippant," meaning facetious and rude, is the correct answer.
Example Question #2306 : Synonyms
SPURIOUS
Enraged
Fixated
Underwhelmed
Dissected
False
False
"Spurious" means counterfeit or untrue. (Example: "The paper was full of spurious claims, and Francis wasn't surprised that the argument's evidence was lacking, as evidence would have contradicted its claims.") Therefore, "false" is the best synonym.
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