ISEE Middle Level Verbal Reasoning Question of the Day

Practice ISEE Middle Level Verbal Reasoning with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

A synonym of "malevolent" is .

malicious
malodorous
malingering
tired
worrisome

Explanation: "Malevolent" is an adjective that means "having or showing a wish to do evil to others," so we need to pick out a word that means something like "wanting to do evil to others." While three of the answer choices begin with the negative prefix "mal-," only "malicious," an adjective that means "characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm," is close in meaning to "malevolent." Because "malicious" is the answer choice that is closest in meaning to "malevolent," "malicious" is the correct answer.

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ISEE Middle Level Verbal Reasoning

ISEE Middle Level Verbal Reasoning Question of the Day

Practice ISEE Middle Level Verbal Reasoning with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

A synonym of "malevolent" is .

malicious
malodorous
malingering
tired
worrisome

Explanation: "Malevolent" is an adjective that means "having or showing a wish to do evil to others," so we need to pick out a word that means something like "wanting to do evil to others." While three of the answer choices begin with the negative prefix "mal-," only "malicious," an adjective that means "characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm," is close in meaning to "malevolent." Because "malicious" is the answer choice that is closest in meaning to "malevolent," "malicious" is the correct answer.