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Example Question #106 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARBITRATE
Supplant
Terminate
Astonish
Judge
Declare
Judge
To "arbitrate" means to judge, to reach a judgment on some matter. To provide further help, "terminate" means finish, end, abolish; "astonish" means to shock or surprise; "supplant" means replace.
Example Question #107 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORROBORATE
Implicate
Garner
Remedy
Verify
Contradict
Verify
To "corroborate" means to verify, to confirm as accurate or provide evidence in support of. To provide further help, "remedy" means cure or fix; "implicate" means suggest is responsible; "contradict" means argue, adopt the opposite position; "garner" means gather, collect.
Example Question #108 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SCRUTINIZE
Allay
Examine
Locate
Demand
Query
Examine
To "scrutinize" means to examine carefully and thoroughly. To provide further help, "allay" means soothe, calm, diminish in intensity; "locate" means find; "query" means question.
Example Question #109 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ACCOST
Confront
Contend
Consider
Convene
Compete
Confront
To "accost" someone means to confront, to approach someone and aggressively talk to him or her or physically assault them. To provide further help, "consider" means think about; "convene" means meet, get together; "contend" means argue; "compete" means (of a competition) take part in.
Example Question #110 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NAG
Apply
Encounter
Support
Sanctify
Bother
Bother
To "nag" someone means to annoy and bother someone with constant criticism. To provide further help, "sanctify" means make holy, make sacred; "encounter" means meet, come across, find.
Example Question #681 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OUTFOX
Embrace
Trick
Abandon
Avail
Entreat
Trick
"Outfox" means to deceive someone by being more cunning than they are. The closest answer choice to this meaning is "trick." To provide further help, "entreat" means urge; "abandon" means leave; "embrace" means accept as true or to hug; "avail" means use, take advantage of, draw assistance from.
Example Question #691 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HESITATE
Dismiss
Summon
Deny
Delay
Accelerate
Delay
To "hesitate" means to pause or delay before saying or doing something. To provide further help, "deny" means refuse to accept the truth of, claim is not true; "dismiss" means send away; "summon" means call for, tell someone to come to you; "accelerate" means go faster, speed up.
Example Question #113 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
YIELD
Surrender
Contrast
Placate
Accumulate
Astonish
Surrender
To "yield" means to surrender, to give in to someone else. To provide further help, "placate" means soothe; "astonish" means shock and surprise, inspire awe; "contrast" means compare, identify the differences between two or more things; "accumulate" means gather, collect.
Example Question #114 : Synonyms: Verbs About Communicating, Arguing, And Understanding
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
NEGLECT
Prohibit
Exhibit
Ignore
Permit
Favor
Ignore
To "neglect" means to ignore, to fail to look after, to abandon. To provide further help, "prohibit" means forbid, not allow to be done; "permit" means allow, the opposite of "prohibit"; "exhibit," when used as a verb, means to show, to display.
Example Question #692 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVULGE
Permit
Express
Inform
Reveal
Discuss
Reveal
This question has a number of options that are very close to the meaning of "divulge," but none of them are exactly correct. Whenever we "divulge" something, we reveal something we should have been keeping secret. This "revelation" is a critical aspect of the notion of divulging. Many of the other options express the idea of telling or expressing. None of these matters are about revealing things that should remain hidden.
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