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Example Question #2197 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONFOUNDING
Belittling
Baffling
Mesmerizing
Aggravating
Astounding
Baffling
"Confounding" means confusing and difficult to figure out. "Baffling" means puzzling. Given how similar "confounding" and "baffling" are in meaning, they are synonyms.
Example Question #2198 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PROMINENT
Talkative
Personable
Reserved
Pale
Important
Important
Prominent means well-known or famous.
Example Question #2199 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SUBSTANTIAL
Kind
Heavy
Considerable
Rough
Practical
Considerable
Substantial means of considerable importance or worth.
Example Question #2200 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FUNDAMENTAL
Pesky
Violent
Underlying
Constructive
Capital
Underlying
Foundational means basic or underlying.
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.
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