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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
Smoky
Supercilious
Morose
Lugubrious
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 #830 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURNISHED
Romantic
Scuffed
Leery
Striated
Polished
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 #871 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Ugly
Vile
Poor
Easy
Tough
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #872 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Underweight
Underwhelming
Overweight
Egregious
Overwhelming
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #873 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Pulchritudinous
Querulous
Sordid
Feisty
Sonorous
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 #874 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Dappled
Excited
Striped
Jejune
Festering
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 #875 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Icy
Ludicrous
Lenient
Tepid
Indulgent
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 #876 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Shriveled
Outlandish
Rotund
Geriatric
Puerile
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 #877 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Extenuating
Ample
Scrupulous
Redundant
Ghastly
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 #878 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Slanting
Choleric
Corrupt
Rectilinear
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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