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Example Question #2201 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Settled
Sly
Banal
Particular
Odd
Banal
Trivial means unimportant or banal
Example Question #2202 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Calm
Insignificant
Affordable
Modest
Delayed
Insignificant
Trivial means insignificant.
Example Question #2203 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPREHENSIVE
Inclusive
Threatening
Wandering
Hesitant
Blatant
Inclusive
Comprehensive means complete, including all aspects of something, or inclusive.
Example Question #2204 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
REQUISITE
Mortified
Decorated
Conversational
Required
Optional
Required
“Requisite” is a word that can be used as a noun or an adjective, but because all of the potential answer choices are adjectives, we will need to consider “requisite” as an adjective. When used as an adjective, “requisite” means “made necessary by circumstances or regulations.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like “necessary.” That means that “optional” cannot be the correct answer, because “optional” means “available to be chosen but not obligatory,” making it an antonym, not a synonym, of “requisite.” “Required,” however, when used as an adjective, means “officially compulsory; indispensable,” and because “required” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “requisite,” “required” is the correct answer.
Example Question #2205 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IMPERATIVE
Necessary
Enchanting
Inferior
Ambitious
Dismissive
Necessary
"Imperative" means absolutely necessary or unavoidable.
Example Question #2206 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPULSORY
Genuine
Dorsal
Required
Effective
Communicative
Required
"Compulsory" means "required," or mandatory.
Example Question #63 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Authenticity, Understanding, And Importance
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRIVIAL
Splendid
Magnetic
Testy
Frivolous
Careful
Frivolous
Trivial and frivolous both mean petty and superficial.
Example Question #2207 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ARCANE
Purposeful
Recent
Mysterious
Moody
Charming
Mysterious
"Arcane" means understood by few, mysterious.
Example Question #2208 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
CRYPTIC
Palpable
Apparent
Evident
Obvious
Mysterious
Mysterious
“Cryptic” means enigmatic or mysterious. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of cryptic and synonyms of one another.
Example Question #2209 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VERITABLE
Legitimate
Dubious
Capricious
Doubtful
Fair-weather
Legitimate
The word "veritable" is most similar in meaning to "legitimate" and relates an object's authentic nature. The other words do not share this meaning. Some of the answer choices are, in fact, antonyms of "veritable."
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