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Example Question #871 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TAWDRY
Lugubrious
Smoky
Morose
Garish
Supercilious
Garish
"Tawdry" is a synonym for gaudy and "garish." "Lugubrious" is a synonym for "glum" or morose. "Supercilious" is a synonym for "haughty." "Smoky" is a synonym for "hazy."
Example Question #872 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BURNISHED
Polished
Scuffed
Leery
Striated
Romantic
Polished
"Burnished" means "polished" or buffed. This is a near antonym for "scuffed" or scratched. "Striped" is a synonym for "striated," and "amorous" is a synonym for "romantic." "Leery" means cautious or wary.
Example Question #873 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
HARDY
Tough
Poor
Vile
Easy
Ugly
Tough
The adjective "hardy" means robust, fit and healthy, strong and tough. Additionally, "vile" means disgusting or wicked.
Example Question #874 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CORPULENT
Overwhelming
Egregious
Underweight
Underwhelming
Overweight
Overweight
The adjective "corpulent" means fat, overweight. Additionally, "egregious" means particularly bad and shocking, especially terrible.
Example Question #875 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OROTUND
Pulchritudinous
Sordid
Feisty
Querulous
Sonorous
Sonorous
"Orotund" is a synonym for "sonorous," pleasant-sounding. "Pulchritudinous" describes visual beauty. "Sordid" means filthy, and "querulous" means irritable, cranky. "Feisty" is another word for spunky, spirited.
Example Question #876 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STRIATED
Jejune
Striped
Dappled
Excited
Festering
Striped
"Striated" is another word for "striped." "Dappled" means spotted or marked with splotches. "Jejune" means dull and uninteresting. "Festering" means diseased and rotting. "Excited" is a synonym for "enthusiastic" and "eager."
Example Question #877 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GELID
Lenient
Icy
Tepid
Indulgent
Ludicrous
Icy
"Gelid" means frigid, "icy," very cold. "Tepid," which means lukewarm, is another temperature word. "Ludicrous" is a synonym for "ridiculous," absurd. "Indulgent" and "lenient" are synonyms.
Example Question #878 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WIZENED
Geriatric
Outlandish
Puerile
Rotund
Shriveled
Shriveled
"Wizened" means "shriveled," age-worn, and wrinkled, and is often used to describe elderly people or things. It is not, however, a direct synonym for "geriatric" (elderly). "Puerile' means juvenile, immature. "Outlandish" means bizarre or strange. "Rotund" is a synonym for "plump."
Example Question #879 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPACIOUS
Ghastly
Extenuating
Redundant
Ample
Scrupulous
Ample
The adjective "capacious" means spacious, roomy, having more than enough room. This is closest in meaning to "ample" which means having more than enough of. Additionally, "extenuating" means (of circumstances) explaining and excusing; "redundant" means no longer needed, made unnecessary; "scrupulous" means either careful and meticulous or honest and principled; "ghastly" means horrible, grim, dire, horrific.
Example Question #880 : Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
OBLIQUE
Corrupt
Curvaceous
Slanting
Choleric
Rectilinear
Slanting
"Oblique" means "slanting" or crooked. "Rectilinear" means having straight lines, and "curvaceous" means having curves. "Corrupt" is a synonym for "depraved." "Choleric" means angry or irritable.
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