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Example Question #829 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TAWDRY
Garish
Supercilious
Morose
Smoky
Lugubrious
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 #830 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURNISHED
Striated
Scuffed
Polished
Leery
Romantic
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 #831 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Ugly
Easy
Tough
Poor
Vile
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #832 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Overweight
Underwhelming
Underweight
Overwhelming
Egregious
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #833 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Sordid
Sonorous
Querulous
Feisty
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 #834 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Festering
Striped
Excited
Jejune
Dappled
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 #835 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Lenient
Icy
Indulgent
Tepid
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 #836 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Puerile
Rotund
Outlandish
Geriatric
Shriveled
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 #837 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Extenuating
Scrupulous
Ghastly
Ample
Redundant
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 #838 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Slanting
Curvaceous
Corrupt
Choleric
Rectilinear
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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