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Example Question #81 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
TRANSACTION
Deal
Etching
Advocate
Helper
Miser
Deal
The noun "transaction" means business deal, an arrangement, an agreement to buy and sell something. Additionally, a "miser" is someone who is not generous with money; an "advocate" is a proponent, a supporter of an idea or an individual; an "etching" is a marking on something, a drawing.
Example Question #82 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SNAG
Complaint
Obstacle
Invitation
Speech
Ballad
Obstacle
The noun "snag" means an obstacle, a small hindrance, something that comes up that gets in the way of something being finished. "Snag" can also be used as a verb in which case "to snag" means to get caught on something. Additionally, a "ballad" is a type of poem or song.
Example Question #83 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
THICKET
Cities
Vagabonds
Bushes
Vehicles
Lessons
Bushes
The noun "thicket" means a thick concentration of bushes or, less often, trees. Additionally, a "vagabond" is a person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home or job.
Example Question #84 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STATUTE
Law
Offer
Art
Genre
Treatise
Law
The noun "statute" refers to a written law in society. Additionally, "genre" means category; a "treatise" is a written exploration of an idea.
Example Question #85 : Synonyms: Nouns
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Jut
Joint
Crack
Wrench
Lodging
Crack
The noun "fissure" means crack, split, crevice, a long and narrow opening in the ground or some other large object. Additionally, a "wrench" is a tool used to tighten and loosen bolts; a "lodging" is a place where someone lives or where someone stays temporarily (like a hotel); a "joint" is something that joins two things together; to "jut" is to stick out from something (for example a ledge or a jagged piece of rock might "jut out").
Example Question #85 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BASTION
Carcass
Portcullis
Brook
Stronghold
Prison
Stronghold
"Bastion" means a "stronghold," a fortress or a secure place.
"Carcass" means a corpse, a dead body.
"Prison" is a place where criminals are confined, a jail.
"Brook" is a stream or a small river.
"Portcullis" is a gate or a wall that is movable, and which is typically found at the entrance to a fortress.
Example Question #86 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANUSCRIPT
Assent
Rift
Document
Truce
Fodder
Document
The noun "manuscript" refers to a document, a hand-written piece of text. Additionally, a "rift" is a break, a rupture; a "truce" is a pause in fighting, a peace agreement that is only temporary; "fodder" means raw material to be sacrificed because it is mostly worthless; "assent" is agreement.
Example Question #87 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BULWARK
Weapon
Strategy
Wall
Ally
Tactic
Wall
The correct answer is "wall."
"Bulwark" is a noun referring to a defensive wall.
Example Question #88 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Highway
Depth
Foundation
Plateau
Cleft
Cleft
"Fissure" means a cleft, or a crevice, a deep crack in something.
"Plateau" means a section of land that is flat, tableland, highland.
"Highway" means a heavily travelled road, freeway, or interstate.
"Depth" means the distance down or across something.
"Foundation" means the base, the bedrock, the support.
Example Question #107 : Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ATROCITY
metropolis
blessing
barbed
flagrant
something horrific
something horrific
An atrocity is something horrific.
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