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Example Question #42 : Synonyms: Nouns For Tangible Things
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
THICKET
Cities
Bushes
Vagabonds
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 #51 : Synonyms: Nouns For Tangible Things
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
STATUTE
Genre
Law
Art
Treatise
Offer
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 #52 : Synonyms: Nouns For Tangible Things
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Wrench
Crack
Lodging
Joint
Jut
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 #53 : Synonyms: Nouns For Tangible Things
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BASTION
Carcass
Prison
Brook
Portcullis
Stronghold
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 #54 : Synonyms: Nouns For Tangible Things
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
MANUSCRIPT
Rift
Document
Assent
Fodder
Truce
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 #55 : Synonyms: Nouns For Tangible Things
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
BULWARK
Strategy
Wall
Ally
Tactic
Weapon
Wall
The correct answer is "wall."
"Bulwark" is a noun referring to a defensive wall.
Example Question #56 : Synonyms: Nouns For Tangible Things
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
FISSURE
Depth
Cleft
Foundation
Plateau
Highway
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 #106 : Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ATROCITY
barbed
blessing
metropolis
flagrant
something horrific
something horrific
An atrocity is something horrific.
Example Question #91 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms
Select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
FLATTERY
compliments
deflating
brushing away
convictions
accusations
compliments
Flattery means to compliment someone.
Example Question #1 : Synonyms: Nouns For Abstract Concepts
A synonym of "trek" is . . .
anomaly
map
expedition
effervescence
flood
expedition
"Trek" is a word meaning "a long arduous journey, especially one made on foot," so we need to pick out another word that means something like "journey." Since "expedition" means "a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war," "expedition" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "trek," so "expedition" is the correct answer.
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