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Example Question #861 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SUPPLE
Verbatim
Bendable
Wizened
Seditious
Graceless
Bendable
"Supple" means lithe, graceful, and able to bend easily, so "bendable" is the best answer. "Supple" is an antonym of "graceless." "Verbatim" means word for word, exact. "Wizened" means shriveled and wrinkled as a result of being old. "Seditious" is a synonym for subversive and rebellious.
Example Question #862 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ALABASTER
Shocking
White
Stalwart
Haughty
Sordid
White
As an adjective, "alabaster" means white. (As a noun, it refers to a white type of stone.) "Sordid" is a synonym for filthy. "Stalwart" means loyal and steadfast. "Haughty" means disdainful due to one thinking one is better than someone else.
Example Question #863 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
HARROWING.
Energizing
Incredible
Suggestive
Fortunate
Traumatizing
Traumatizing
A “harrowing” experience is one that is scary and traumatizing. For clarification, something that is "traumatizing" causes the traumatized to feel lasting emotional shock.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FORLORN.
Suspicious
Despondent
Perplexed
Jubilant
Fearful
Despondent
“Forlorn” means very sad and as such is most similar in meaning to “despondent” which means to feel sad and without hope. For clarification, jubilant means very happy; perplexed means confused or puzzled.
Example Question #2 : Synonyms: Adjectives Describing Emotional States
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
SANGUINE.
Miserable
Cheerful
Suggestive
Garrulous
Virulent
Cheerful
“Sanguine” means cheerful and optimistic. For clarification, garrulous means talkative; suggestive means easily affected by the words of others; virulent means strong and dangerous.
Example Question #864 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
STOLID.
Goad
Emotionless
Merciless
Perceptive
Remorseless
Emotionless
“Stolid” means devoid of emotion, so the correct answer is “emotionless.” For clarification, perceptive means insightful; remorseless and merciless are synonyms that mean cruel and insensitive; goad means provoke.
Example Question #865 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
PHLEGMATIC.
Unhealthy
Sickly
Indifferent
Safe
Volatile
Indifferent
“Phlegmatic” means apathetic or indifferent. For clarification, volatile means unsafe.
Example Question #118 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Synonyms: choose the answer with the meaning closest to the word in question.
Daunted
Brisk
Unidentified
Cagey
Intimidated
Dignified
Intimidated
"Daunted" means intimidated.
Example Question #866 : Identifying Synonyms
Choose the best synonym for the word in capital letters.
DESPONDENT
patriarchal
crestfallen
malleable
old-fashioned
rude
crestfallen
"Despondent" means in low spirits, or crestfallen.
Example Question #867 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms
Morose
Sullen
Stubborn
Careful
Flexible
Obdurate
Sullen
"Morose" means sullen or gloomy. Obdurate and stubborn are synonyms.
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