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Example Question #871 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TAWDRY
Lugubrious
Morose
Supercilious
Smoky
Garish
Garish
"Tawdry" is a synonym for gaudy and "garish." "Lugubrious" is a synonym for "glum" or morose. "Supercilious" is a synonym for "haughty." "Smoky" is a synonym for "hazy."
Example Question #872 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURNISHED
Polished
Striated
Leery
Romantic
Scuffed
Polished
"Burnished" means "polished" or buffed. This is a near antonym for "scuffed" or scratched. "Striped" is a synonym for "striated," and "amorous" is a synonym for "romantic." "Leery" means cautious or wary.
Example Question #873 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Tough
Vile
Easy
Poor
Ugly
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #874 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Overweight
Underweight
Underwhelming
Egregious
Overwhelming
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #875 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Sonorous
Sordid
Feisty
Querulous
Pulchritudinous
Sonorous
"Orotund" is a synonym for "sonorous," pleasant-sounding. "Pulchritudinous" describes visual beauty. "Sordid" means filthy, and "querulous" means irritable, cranky. "Feisty" is another word for spunky, spirited.
Example Question #876 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Festering
Dappled
Jejune
Striped
Excited
Striped
"Striated" is another word for "striped." "Dappled" means spotted or marked with splotches. "Jejune" means dull and uninteresting. "Festering" means diseased and rotting. "Excited" is a synonym for "enthusiastic" and "eager."
Example Question #877 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Lenient
Indulgent
Tepid
Icy
Ludicrous
Icy
"Gelid" means frigid, "icy," very cold. "Tepid," which means lukewarm, is another temperature word. "Ludicrous" is a synonym for "ridiculous," absurd. "Indulgent" and "lenient" are synonyms.
Example Question #878 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Shriveled
Puerile
Outlandish
Rotund
Geriatric
Shriveled
"Wizened" means "shriveled," age-worn, and wrinkled, and is often used to describe elderly people or things. It is not, however, a direct synonym for "geriatric" (elderly). "Puerile' means juvenile, immature. "Outlandish" means bizarre or strange. "Rotund" is a synonym for "plump."
Example Question #879 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Ample
Redundant
Scrupulous
Ghastly
Extenuating
Ample
The adjective "capacious" means spacious, roomy, having more than enough room. This is closest in meaning to "ample" which means having more than enough of. Additionally, "extenuating" means (of circumstances) explaining and excusing; "redundant" means no longer needed, made unnecessary; "scrupulous" means either careful and meticulous or honest and principled; "ghastly" means horrible, grim, dire, horrific.
Example Question #88 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Appearance, Materiality, And Sensory Imagery
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Choleric
Slanting
Rectilinear
Corrupt
Curvaceous
Slanting
"Oblique" means "slanting" or crooked. "Rectilinear" means having straight lines, and "curvaceous" means having curves. "Corrupt" is a synonym for "depraved." "Choleric" means angry or irritable.
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