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Example Question #156 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
COMPOSURE
Calm
Irate
Tepid
Mordant
Haughty
Calm
"Composure" is the feeling of calmness and self-control. To provide further help, "irate" means very angry; "tepid" means lukewarm, neither hot nor cold; "haughty" means brash, vain and arrogant; "mordant" means scathing, sarcastic and bitter.
Example Question #157 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSIGHT
Remedial
Awareness
Residual
Ignorance
Unkindness
Awareness
"Insight" means the ability to understand something deeply or in a manner that is not common. This is closest in definition to "awareness." To provide further help, "remedial" means intended to provide assistance to someone struggling; "residual" means remaining, left over; "ignorance" is the absence of knowledge, a lack of understanding.
Example Question #158 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVERSITY
Gratuity
Amnesty
Enmity
Variety
Complicity
Variety
"Diversity" is variety, the quality of being varied and having many different types of something. To provide further help, "amnesty" is forgiveness, a pardon for a crime; a "gratuity" is a tip, money left for the waiter at a restaurant; "enmity" is the state of being opposed to something, hostility, discord; "complicity" means the state of being associated with, or partly responsible for, a wrongdoing.
Example Question #159 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
PANDEMONIUM
Chaos
Rhetoric
Passion
Antithesis
Cosmos
Chaos
"Pandemonium" means a state of noisy and chaotic turmoil, chaos, mayhem, bedlam. To provide further help, "antithesis" means complete opposite of; the "cosmos" is another name for the universe; "passion" is emotion, usually strong emotion; "rhetoric" is the art of speaking, the style of oration.
Example Question #160 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MIRAGE
Illusion
Purpose
Apex
Debt
Boundary
Illusion
A "mirage" is an optical illusion, something that appears to be real but is in fact imagined. To provide further help, a "boundary" is something that divides two or more things; "purpose" is reason for doing something; "debt" is money owed; an "apex" is a high point.
Example Question #161 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LIKENESS
Brutality
Maturity
Tolerance
Similarity
Awe
Similarity
"Likeness" means the quality of being like something else, similarity, resemblance. To provide further help, "awe" is a feeling of being very impressed and amazed; "brutality" is cruelty, savagery, intense violence; "tolerance" is patience and acceptance, being understanding of differences; "maturity" is the quality of being an adult and acting like an adult.
Example Question #162 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FRAILTY
Honesty
Strength
Weakness
Humility
Dishonesty
Weakness
"Frailty" is the quality of being sick or weak, weakness. To provide further help, "humility" is the quality of being modest and humble, of not being arrogant.
Example Question #163 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GRACE
Rivalry
Mercy
Dignity
Hatred
Love
Dignity
"Grace" means elegance, dignity, to move or carry oneself in a dignified and classy manner. To provide further help, "rivalry" means competition, usually between two familiar foes; "mercy" is compassion and forgiveness, the action of not punishing someone for something they have done wrong.
Example Question #164 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CONTENTMENT
Happiness
Sadness
Irritation
Anger
Dread
Happiness
"Contentment" means something like satisfaction, being happy with things the way they are. So, the closest answer is "happiness." To provide further help, "dread" is great anxiety and fear; "irritation" is frustration, a feeling of being annoyed by something.
Example Question #165 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
INSANITY
Sadness
Fragility
Happiness
Madness
Comfort
Madness
"Insanity" is madness, craziness, the lack of sanity. To provide further help, "fragility" means weakness, the quality of being easily broken.
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