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Example Question #41 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Muted
Shocking
Tactile
Thought-provoking
Garrulous
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #153 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Mercurial
Bothersome
Stoic
Charismatic
Seasoned
Mercurial
“Volatile” is an adjective that can mean “easily evaporated” when referring to a substance, “liable to change rapidly and unpredictably,” or when describing a person, “displaying rapid changes of emotion.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “easily evaporated,” “changing rapidly,” or “rapid change of emotion.” That means that “stoic” cannot be the correct answer, because “stoic” means “enduring hardship without showing one’s feelings,” a meaning very distant from that of “volatile.” “Mercurial,” however, is an adjective that can mean “subject to unpredictable changes of mood or mind” when describing a person, and because “mercurial” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “volatile,” “mercurial” is the correct answer.
Example Question #42 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Hurried
Uplifting
Verifiable
Thoughtful
Sociable
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #43 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Rebellious
Plausible
Malignant
Passionate
Dominant
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #44 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Scared
Heavy
Miserable
Unforgettable
Erroneous
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #948 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Unsound
Delicious
Gifted
Irritable
Logical
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #45 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Aggressive
Ignorant
Motivated
Uninterested
Lawless
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #952 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Saddened
Delicious
Immediate
Joyful
Tedious
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
Example Question #161 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JUBILANT
Juvenile
Morose
Joyful
Stalwart
Lavish
Joyful
"Jubilant" means joyful.
Example Question #953 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HISTRIONIC
Tedious
Dramatic
Historical
Ancient
Dull
Dramatic
"Histrionic" means extremely dramatic.
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