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Example Question #2491 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Agressive
Competitive
Boring
Judgmental
Unbecoming
Boring
"Insipid" means lacking flavor or uninteresting. "Boring" means lacking the quality of being interesting. Both "boring" and "insipid" mean mundane or banal. Thus, these two words are synonyms.
Example Question #2492 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DILAPIDATED
Rundown
Hairless
Confusing
Sturdy
Folded
Rundown
Something that is "dilapidated" is worn out, rickety, and rundown.
Example Question #2493 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CLICHÉD
Enormous
Insightful
Overused
Derisive
Impractical
Overused
Clichéd means overused.
Example Question #2494 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LUXURIOUS
Financial
Reticent
Opulent
Massive
Vindicated
Opulent
Luxurious means extremely elegant and lavish, or opulent.
Example Question #2495 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BANAL
Zesty
Creative
Cowardly
Medicinal
Commonplace
Commonplace
"Banal" means overused or "commonplace."
Example Question #2496 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STERLING
Melancholy
Excellent
Understood
Scented
Creamy
Excellent
"Sterling" means excellent or valuable.
Example Question #2497 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Courageous
Dull
Retracted
Subservient
Quick
Dull
"Insipid" means dull or bland.
Example Question #2498 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXECRABLE
Released
Needless
Detestable
Clipped
Supportive
Detestable
"Execrable" means detestable or very bad.
Example Question #2499 : Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DERIVATIVE
Imaginative
Inspired
Creative
Unoriginal
Stirred
Stirred
Imaginative
Inspired
Unoriginal
“Derivative” means unoriginal or derived from an earlier idea. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of derivative.
Example Question #2500 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRESTIGIOUS
Acclaimed
Puzzling
Arcane
Abstruse
Perplexing
Acclaimed
"Prestigious" and "acclaimed" are closest in meaning. These synonyms refer to people or institutions held in high regard or esteemed. The other words describe an object's quality of being confounding or confusing.
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