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Example Questions
Example Question #901 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTRITE
Dignified
Diminutive
Remorseful
Transparent
Discreet
Remorseful
Contrite means remorseful and filled with the desire to repent.
Example Question #902 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
IRATE
Longitudinal
Legal
Furious
Rapid
Melancholy
Furious
Irate means very angry or furious.
Example Question #903 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SENSATIONAL
Tactile
Thought-provoking
Muted
Garrulous
Shocking
Shocking
Sensational means causing great public excitement, or shocking.
Example Question #904 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VOLATILE
Charismatic
Stoic
Seasoned
Mercurial
Bothersome
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 #905 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PENSIVE
Uplifting
Hurried
Thoughtful
Verifiable
Sociable
Thoughtful
"Pensive" means thoughtful or reflective. The root wood, "pensare," means to consider.
Example Question #906 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
VEHEMENT
Plausible
Passionate
Rebellious
Dominant
Malignant
Passionate
"Vehement" means passionate or angry.
Example Question #907 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ABJECT
Unforgettable
Scared
Erroneous
Miserable
Heavy
Miserable
"Abject" means utterly hopeless or miserable.
Example Question #908 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PETULANT
Logical
Delicious
Gifted
Irritable
Unsound
Irritable
"Petulant" means irritable or impatient.
Example Question #909 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
APATHETIC
Ignorant
Uninterested
Motivated
Aggressive
Lawless
Uninterested
"Apathetic" means uninterested or indifferent.
Example Question #910 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ELATED
Tedious
Immediate
Saddened
Joyful
Delicious
Joyful
"Elated" means very happy or overjoyed.
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