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Example Question #31 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BLITHE
Isolated
Adopted
Joyful
Candid
Hurried
Joyful
"Blithe" means joyful, so the correct answer is "joyful."
Example Question #934 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DESPONDENT
Bespectacled
Hopeless
Sheer
Rigid
Ultimate
Hopeless
"Despondent" means feeling hopeless.
Example Question #32 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORDIAL
Seasonal
Stuffy
Courtly
Friendly
Proper
Friendly
"Cordial" means warm and open. (Example: "The hostess was very cordial towards her guests, offering them tea and cookies.") The word closest in meaning to "cordial" is therefore "friendly," the best answer choice.
Example Question #33 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VORACIOUS
Ravenous
Edible
Explicit
Delicious
Indignant
Ravenous
"Voracious" is an adjective that means wanting or devouring great quantities of something, often food. So, we're looking for an adjective that has to do with food and specifically means extremely hungry. Three of the listed answer choices have to do with food: "edible" means able to be eaten, so it's not a synonym of "voracious." "Delicious" means pleasant to the taste, so it is also not a synonym of "voracious." "Ravenous," which means extremely hungry, is a synonym of "voracious," so it is the best answer choice.
Example Question #34 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TEPID
Stagnant
Unenthusiastic
Invested
Frigid
Scalding
Unenthusiastic
You may have seen the word tepid paired with the water in the past and assumed that it meant frigid (cold), stagnant (standing still), or Scalding (extremely hot), but the word actually means lukewarm or unenthusiastic.
Example Question #938 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
KEEN
Curved
Quiet
Observant
Enthusiastic
Gloomy
Enthusiastic
Keen means showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
Example Question #148 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SKEPTICAL
Ready
Fetid
Agreeable
Quirky
Doubting
Doubting
Skeptical means having doubt.
Example Question #35 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INFURIATED
Enraged
Splattered
Hoodwinked
Excluded
Overwhelmed
Enraged
Infuriated means made extremely angry, or enraged.
Example Question #36 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Discreet
Diminutive
Transparent
Remorseful
Dignified
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #943 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Longitudinal
Furious
Legal
Melancholy
Rapid
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
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