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Example Question #2197 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONFOUNDING
Astounding
Mesmerizing
Baffling
Aggravating
Belittling
Baffling
"Confounding" means confusing and difficult to figure out. "Baffling" means puzzling. Given how similar "confounding" and "baffling" are in meaning, they are synonyms.
Example Question #2198 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PROMINENT
Talkative
Important
Reserved
Pale
Personable
Important
Prominent means well-known or famous.
Example Question #2341 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SUBSTANTIAL
Kind
Rough
Heavy
Considerable
Practical
Considerable
Substantial means of considerable importance or worth.
Example Question #2200 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FUNDAMENTAL
Pesky
Underlying
Constructive
Capital
Violent
Underlying
Foundational means basic or underlying.
Example Question #2342 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Banal
Odd
Sly
Settled
Particular
Banal
Trivial means unimportant or banal
Example Question #2201 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Calm
Affordable
Delayed
Modest
Insignificant
Insignificant
Trivial means insignificant.
Example Question #2201 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPREHENSIVE
Blatant
Wandering
Threatening
Hesitant
Inclusive
Inclusive
Comprehensive means complete, including all aspects of something, or inclusive.
Example Question #2202 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REQUISITE
Optional
Decorated
Conversational
Required
Mortified
Required
“Requisite” is a word that can be used as a noun or an adjective, but because all of the potential answer choices are adjectives, we will need to consider “requisite” as an adjective. When used as an adjective, “requisite” means “made necessary by circumstances or regulations.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “necessary.” That means that “optional” cannot be the correct answer, because “optional” means “available to be chosen but not obligatory,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “requisite.” “Required,” however, when used as an adjective, means “officially compulsory; indispensable,” and because “required” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “requisite,” “required” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2203 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPERATIVE
Dismissive
Inferior
Ambitious
Necessary
Enchanting
Necessary
"Imperative" means absolutely necessary or unavoidable.
Example Question #2204 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPULSORY
Communicative
Required
Genuine
Dorsal
Effective
Required
"Compulsory" means "required," or mandatory.
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