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Example Questions
Example Question #2491 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Agressive
Judgmental
Unbecoming
Boring
Competitive
Boring
"Insipid" means lacking flavor or uninteresting. "Boring" means lacking the quality of being interesting. Both "boring" and "insipid" mean mundane or banal. Thus, these two words are synonyms.
Example Question #2492 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DILAPIDATED
Folded
Rundown
Hairless
Sturdy
Confusing
Rundown
Something that is "dilapidated" is worn out, rickety, and rundown.
Example Question #2493 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CLICHÉD
Derisive
Impractical
Insightful
Enormous
Overused
Overused
Clichéd means overused.
Example Question #2494 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LUXURIOUS
Vindicated
Massive
Opulent
Financial
Reticent
Opulent
Luxurious means extremely elegant and lavish, or opulent.
Example Question #2495 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BANAL
Creative
Medicinal
Commonplace
Cowardly
Zesty
Commonplace
"Banal" means overused or "commonplace."
Example Question #2496 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STERLING
Understood
Scented
Creamy
Melancholy
Excellent
Excellent
"Sterling" means excellent or valuable.
Example Question #2497 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIPID
Courageous
Retracted
Quick
Subservient
Dull
Dull
"Insipid" means dull or bland.
Example Question #2498 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
EXECRABLE
Supportive
Released
Detestable
Clipped
Needless
Detestable
"Execrable" means detestable or very bad.
Example Question #1181 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
DERIVATIVE
Unoriginal
Imaginative
Imaginative
Inspired
Stirred
Creative
Inspired
Stirred
Unoriginal
“Derivative” means unoriginal or derived from an earlier idea. For clarification, the other four answer choices are all antonyms of derivative.
Example Question #1182 : Synonyms: Adjectives And Adverbs
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PRESTIGIOUS
Perplexing
Puzzling
Acclaimed
Abstruse
Arcane
Acclaimed
"Prestigious" and "acclaimed" are closest in meaning. These synonyms refer to people or institutions held in high regard or esteemed. The other words describe an object's quality of being confounding or confusing.
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